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BOZEMAN – Montana Senator Steve Daines got to step out of his Washington DC office to take in the sights and sounds of his hometown Monday morning. Senator Daines is touring parts of Montana and looking at several Montana Forest management projects in the Treasure State. Today Senator Daines hiked the Chestnut Mountain Trailhead near Bozeman pass, which was the first conservation easement secured by the Land And Water Conservation Fund in 1990. The project allows trail access to public land crossing private land with access all the way to Yellowstone National Park without crossing a road. “That’s what this

Senator Steve Daines wants answers from the national highway traffic safety administration on a delayed recall, after an accident killed six people last year on Highway 12. A three forks fire truck collided with a pick-up truck due to a part failure on the fire truck. Daines pressured NHTSA during a committee hearing in D.C, as to why a full recall of the defective part took approximately one year to institute. Daines also pointed out the component was part of an initial recall from more than a decade ago. Daines: “turns out this exact component was a NHTSA approved solution to a previous recall that occurred in 2003.”

Montana Senator Steve Daines spoke with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration June 23rd for updates on the delayed recall of a fire engine part. Daines remembered the deadly accident that occurred last year outside of Helena due to the failure of this component. “It’s also the face of innocence here,” Daines said. “The fire chief was returning back to Three Forks Montana, good daylight in a strait away, and you see this young couple and three kids in the back of a pickup. It’s a road I drive all the time. It was the innocence of the lives lost that

Senator Steve Daines is calling for Katherine Archuleta, the head of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to step down amid a hacking scandal which has compromised the information of “an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees.” According to an emailed press release from the Montana Republican‘s office: “‘Under Katherine Archuleta’s watch, OPM allowed one of the largest breaches of federal employees’ personal information in our nation’s history. More, Ms. Archuleta has refused to take accountability for this great failure – in turn failing the American people, whom she swore an oath to protect and defend,’ Daines stated.

MISSOULA – The suggestion by Sen. Steve Daines that the U.S. Treasury put the face of Jeannette Rankin on the $10 bill is being welcomed by advocates of the nation’s first female congresswoman. Betsy Mulligan-Dague, director of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, said the development is exciting. “It’s a huge step forward for women to be taken seriously in the world,” Mulligan-Dague said. “It’s way past time.” Rankin would serve as a fitting figure for the bill and for further advancing the achievements of women, Mulligan-Dague told the Missoulian. Rankin was first elected in 1916 and again in 1940. Aside

Jeannette Rankin is a popular woman this week. U.S. Sen. Steve Daines introduced a proposal to put her face on the $10 bill Thursday, only two days after she became a finalist for the name of a new Billings middle school. The U.S. Treasury announced Wednesday that Alexander Hamilton is getting the boot and a woman’s portrait will be featured on a redesigned $10 bill. Daines is determined that Rankin, the Missoula woman who was the nation’s first female member of Congress, be first in line. His bill mandates that “Federal Reserve notes bear the likeness of Jeannette Rankin before

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines is calling for a congressional hearing on the government’s pipeline safety agency following two oil spills into Montana’s Yellowstone River in the past five years. The Montana Republican requested the hearing into the actions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in a Tuesday letter to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune of South Dakota. Daines said he wants to examine how effectively the agency is overseeing and enforcing pipeline rules. An Exxon Mobil Corp. pipeline spilled 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone near Laurel in 2011. Federal regulators issued a $1 million penalty

Access to affordable energy is critically important to every American family. While the United States should aggressively pursue an all-of-the-above energy approach, it is clear that traditional energy sources will play a vital role in powering our nation for generations to come. As a proponent of an all-of-the-above energy plan, I know we need alternative energy sources to remain globally competitive and meet our nation’s rising demand for energy. But in order to keep energy prices low for all Americans and support our nation’s energy needs, traditional energy sources must remain at the center of America’s energy policy. In Montana,

About 80,000 people will get a call from Sen. Steve Daines on Tuesday. Daines is holding one of his monthly teletownhalls Tuesday evening, this time focused on defense issues like the National Defense Authorization Act, which is currently being discussed in the Senate. The bill includes language on Malmstrom Air Force Base, intercontinental ballistic missiles, 819th RED HORSE and upgrading C-130s. The call starts at 6:30 p.m. and Daines will open with remarks and then take questions from participants. Teletownhalls usually last about 45 minutes, according to Daines’ office. Tuesday’s call will focus on Cascade County and others with strong

A bill designating the East Rosebud Creek as wild and scenic was introduced today by Sen. Jon Tester and Sen. Steve Daines. The bill, written with local input, will protect 20 miles of East Rosebud Creek under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. This designation will preserve the free-flowing condition of the pristine creek located south of Roscoe, Montana. “East Rosebud Creek is one of Montana’s most scenic streams,” Tester said. “This bill is a great example of folks on the ground coming together and producing a made-in-Montana solution that ensures Montanans can hike and fish here for generations to