Category: Press Release

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines made the following statement after President Joe Biden finally heeded Daines’ calls and took the first step to reopen the northern border by allowing vaccinated Canadians into the U.S. starting in November. Daines believes the Biden administration should lift all restrictions and fully reopen the northern border to help support Montana businesses, workers and families.  “Montana families, small businesses and communities will finally be able to feel some of the relief they’ve been seeking for months now that the northern border is partially reopened. While I’m glad to see President Biden take this initial step

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that $329,679 will be granted to Montana law enforcement offices across the state from the Department of Justice. “I’m glad to see Montana law enforcement receive these resources to support officers across the Treasure State and provide them with up-to-date equipment to keep Montana families and communities safe,” Daines said.  The $329,679 will be distributed to the following programs: $12,069 to the City of Kalispell for hand-held police radios and accessories. $63,580 to the City of Missoula for law enforcement equipment and to maintain the property clerk position. $28,193 to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced two bills that would split the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to make casework processing more efficient and provide a more expedient route to justice for Montanans and others in the West.  “Splitting the Ninth Circuit will improve Montanans’ access to justice and end the unacceptable backlogs and delays they are currently experiencing. This is a much-needed reform to ensure Montanans are being well-served by our judicial system,” Daines said.  The “Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act of 2021” would implement the Judicial Conference’s most recent recommendations as well as other important measures to enhance the

U.S. SENATE — Next week, U.S. Senator Steve Daines will be reintroducing the “Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act,” to prevent convicted child predators from receiving government-funded pensions. This follows the public release of the Indian Health Service’s report examining how the agency allowed convicted sexual predator Stanley Patrick Weber to work in IHS as a pediatrician while abusing his patients.  “IHS failed us all when it ignored warnings and enabled Stanley Weber to perpetrate his abuses against his young patients. Despite being convicted for his crimes, Weber was able to collect his taxpayer-funded pension for years. That is not acceptable. I am reintroducing

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines went to the floor of the U.S. Senate to try and pass his bill, the “Restoring Northern Border Travel Act,” which would require the Biden administration to open the northern border. Senate Democrats blocked passage of Daines’ bill, despite several of them saying they support opening the northern border. Watch and download the remarks HERE. “While our southern border remains wide open to illegal drugs and illegal immigrants, many potentially COVID-positive or unvaccinated, our northern border remains closed because of President Biden. The hypocrisy here is incredible, it’s infuriating, and it’s unexplainable,” Daines said. After Democrats blocked

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that $239,000 will be awarded to the City of Great Falls to support community policing and implement a Crisis Intervention Team. “Crisis intervention training is critical for the safety of Montana communities, families and law enforcement. I’m glad to see Great Falls receive this important funding,” Daines said. Daines helped secure this funding through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in December 2020. ###  Contact: Katherine McKeogh, Katie Schoettler

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement after the proposed maps for Montana’s new U.S. House of Representatives seats were released.  “The maps proposed by the Democrat Commissioners are highly partisan and do not remotely reflect the fair ‘east/west’ districts that for 70 years, always included Lincoln and Flathead Counties in the western district. Without a single proposal that even maintains this basic measure, the Democrats have created congressional districts that are egregious and reckless on their face in an attempt to gerrymander and benefit one political party,” Daines said. Background: Lincoln and Flathead Counties are the