Op-ed Archives - Senator Steve Daines

The Abortion Pill is Harmful to Women | Sen. Steve Daines

September 23, 2025

The abortion pill, easily sold over the counter at the local drug store or shipped out by mail, causes traumatic adverse effects for the women who take it. Yet the federal government lauds the pill as safe. Pro-abortion advocates call it “safe as Tylenol,” despite overwhelming evidence showing otherwise. As a dad of four and a grandpa of seven, fighting for Montana families is my top priority. This includes Montana’s mothers and the most vulnerable: babies in the womb. Sadly, the culture of life in America has degraded. The abortion pill (mifepristone) is today’s most common form of abortion, accounting

ICYMI: Daines Op-Ed in Lee Newspapers: The Abortion Pill is Harmful to Women

September 23, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines wrote an opinion piece about the dangers of the abortion pill that ran in Montana newspapers this week. Read highlights below. SEN STEVE DAINES: The Abortion Pill is Harmful to Women Senator Steve Daines Lee Newspapers September 23rd, 2025 “The abortion pill, easily sold over the counter at the local drug store or shipped out by mail, causes traumatic adverse effects for the women who take it. Yet the federal government lauds the pill as safe. Pro-abortion advocates call it “safe as Tylenol,” despite overwhelming evidence showing otherwise… …There is evidence that proves mifepristone is

ICYMI: Daines Op-ed in the WSJ: A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan

July 30, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines penned an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal explaining the historic potential of a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan and hisinvolvement in the matter. Excerpts from his piece are below. A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan Senator Steve Daines The Wall Street Journal President Trump is on the cusp of bringing about a peace deal in the South Caucasus between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This would be a remarkable achievement—another step toward stability that advances regional and international peace as well as economic gains that extend far beyond the countries involved… … This year,

The Big Beautiful Bill is a win for Montana

July 29, 2025

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is a tremendous win for Montana. It will spur economic growth, strengthen border security as well as expand Montana’s energy sector and provide much-needed funding for our military. And thanks to the diligent work of the entire Montana congressional delegation, we defeated attempts to sell our public lands. Nearly every Montanan will feel the economic benefits of this law, which builds on the success of the historic 2017 Trump tax cuts that led to higher economic growth, increased wages, and more jobs. Had Congress failed to pass the Big Beautiful Bill, those tax cuts would

Sen. Steve Daines: Under President Trump, it’s a new day in America

January 29, 2025

When President Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States last week, it marked a new day in America. Voters rejected Joe Biden’s policies that led to unaffordable prices, open borders and weakness abroad, and together with a Republican Congress he is already delivering on his America First agenda. The president nominated an all-star cabinet, including Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to run the Interior Department and energy executive Chris Wright to head up the energy department, Pam Bondi to reform the Justice Department, Pete Hegseth to run the Department

Biden-Harris energy, mining policies threaten Montana way of life | Sen. Steve Daines

October 16, 2024

The following op-ed by Senator Daines appeared in newspapers across Montana, including Hungry Horse News, Three Forks Voice, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, The Livingston Enterprise, Helena IR, Ravalli Republic, Missoulian, Montana Standard, Billings Gazette, Meet Montana. Few decisions made in Washington impact Montanans more than those made about our nation’s natural resources. Unfortunately, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ pursuit of radical environmentalism and a liberal climate change agenda is shutting down our state’s energy and mining and threatening our Montana way of life. When it comes to mining, look no further than the 700 hard-working miners laid off from Montana’s own

Daines Op-Ed in Washington Examiner: Biden’s climate agenda creates energy poverty in tribal nations

December 6, 2023

U.S. SENATE—U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Kathleen Sgamma, President of Western Energy Alliance, authored the following op-ed in the Washington Examiner. Click here to read the full op-ed. Excerpts below: The White House is hosting its Tribal Nations Summit this week, and it’s important to note that the administration’s climate policy is bankrupting the tribes it claims to help. The president is sure to promise, as he has at previous summits, that his administration “will defend tribal sovereignty, self-government, and self-determination and will support tribal economies.” Unfortunately, the administration’s policies do the opposite. Specifically, the administration’s energy policy is crushing our nation’s tribes by robbing them of reliable jobs

OP-ED: Biden’s America is the real Halloween horror

November 1, 2022

Source: Fox News Do you like scary movies? You don’t have to rent a horror movie this Halloween to feel spooked—just take a look at what President Biden and the Democrats have done since they took control of the White House and Congress. Inflation is clocking in at 40-year highs. It can cost Montana families over $100 just to fill up their tank. Fentanyl from the open southern border is wreaking havoc across Montana. Good-paying energy jobs have been nixed. Our small-town communities aren’t safe anymore, and cities across the country are grappling with an exponential uptick in violent crime. The current state of

Sens. Daines, Braun: Speaker Pelosi, send impeachment articles to Senate in 25 days or end this partisan game

January 7, 2020

Nearly three weeks ago, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her liberal Democratic Party cohorts voted to impeach President Trump. But rather than fulfill their constitutional duty and send the articles of impeachment to the Senate, House Democrats have decided to play more partisan games. Every step of the way, Democrats like House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff warned that President Trump is a “clear and present danger” to democracy who must be removed now. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged her fellow Democrats to “move quite quickly” to impeach President Trump because the integrity of the 2020 election was

Time to stop Rx sticker shock

September 3, 2019

As U.S. senators representing the Big Sky state and Hawkeye country, we know older Montanans and Iowans keep a watchful eye on spending. Like millions of Americans across the country, they are mindful that they need to stretch their savings in order to pay the bills and uphold their quality of life in retirement. Whenever we hear from folks in Iowa or Montana, we hear widespread concern about the rising costs of prescription drugs. It’s particularly upsetting to find out some patients ration or skip doses of daily medication because they can’t afford the out-of-pocket costs. This issue has struck

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