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Daines Chairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing

June 12, 2025

Discusses National Security, Trade, and Alliances With Trump Nominees U.S. SENATE – Senator Steve Daines, chairman of the European Subcommittee on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a full committee nominations hearing. Witnesses included Lou Rinaldi to be ambassador to Uruguay, Art Fisher to be ambassador to Austria, Roman Pipko to be ambassador to Estonia, Stacey Feinberg to be ambassador to Luxembourg, and Nicholas Merrick to be ambassador to the Czech Republic. Daines’ questions to the nominees are also below. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines’ Opening Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: Nominees, thank you for joining us today and

Daines Condemns Officials in Sarajevo for Kicking Conference of European Rabbis Out of City

June 12, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, Chairman of the European Subcommittee on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today after the Conference of European Rabbis was forced to relocate its biannual meeting from Sarajevo to Munich: “Officials in Sarajevo have no moral clarity. Hamas terrorists funded by Iran brutally attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. They raped Jewish women and murdered countless others in the worst tragedy for Israel since the Holocaust. Israel has every right to defend itself against this terror. It’s hard to believe this even needs to be explained, but calling Israel’s actions genocide

Daines Applauds President Trump’s Reversal of Biden Anti-Energy Rules Designed to Put Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant Out of Business

June 11, 2025

“The War on Made-in-Montana Energy is Coming to an End” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement applauding President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin overturning two of Joe Biden’s mandates designed to punish Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant. By reversing the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule and the Clean Power Plan 2.0 (CCP 2.0), President Trump will ensure that Colstrip Power Plant in Montana’s Rosebud County will remain operational. “The war on Made-in-Montana energy is coming to an end. Rather than kow-tow to the demands of radical environmentalists, President Trump put Montana workers and families

Daines Secures Commitments from DOI Secretary Burgum to Support Montana Priorities

June 11, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Doug Burgum in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Secretary Burgum committed to support a number of Montana priorities, including delisting the grizzly bear, supporting domestic energy production, and fighting for Daines’ “America the Beautiful” Act. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines and Burgum discussed the need to delist the grizzly bear: Daines: Secretary Burgum, it’s good to see you here today. I’m grateful for your leadership. You’ve made a lot of significant accomplishments delivered here over the first five, six months of your

Daines on Fox Business: Dems Are Telling Lies- Big Beautiful Bill Prevents Largest Tax Increase in History

June 10, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss the riots in California, the Big Beautiful Bill, and how President Trump is cutting waste, fraud and abuse with his rescissions package. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines emphasized how Trump has every right to restore law and order in California: Remember what ICE is doing. What’s going on in California is outrageous. ICE has prioritized the worst criminals. We’ve got millions of illegal aliens in the country, thanks to Joe Biden. But ICE is prioritizing the worst of the worst, those 120 they’re starting with, these are hardened criminals.

Daines, Smith, Larsen, Zinke Introduce Bill to Combat Drug Trafficking in Montana’s Tribal Communities

June 5, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Representative Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) and Representative Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) today announced the bipartisan “Protection for Reservation Occupants Against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today (PROTECT) Act” to combat drug trafficking in tribal communities. The “PROTECT Act” would expand Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ) to allow tribal nations to prosecute non-Native offenders for drug trafficking. It would also allow tribal courts to execute warrants for electronic material to better combat drug traffickers and other criminals. “Under President Trump’s leadership, we’ve seen strong decisive action to secure the southern border and keep our

Daines on CNN: The President was Very Clear: We Must Prevent the Largest Tax Increase in American History

June 5, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined CNN to discuss how crucial it is to pass the Big Beautiful Bill. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines emphasized the need to prevent the largest tax increase in America’s history: The President was very clear that we simply must prevent the largest tax increase in American history, which is coming if Congress does not act. Number two, I think really the growth issues. What can we do to grow the economy? Because when we grow the economy wages increase, and we’ve also got the issue of Chinese competition. There are provisions in

Daines on Fox Business: Failure Is Not An Option. We Must Pass the Big Beautiful Bill

June 4, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss the status of the Big Beautiful Bill, Ukraine’s latest drone strikes on Russia, and the threat of Chinese agroterrorism to the United States. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines explained how Ukraine’s shifting fighting tactics are a gamechanger: Well, it’s completely changed the dynamic of the situation because the Russians understand one thing and that’s force. But it’s remarkable what the Ukrainians pulled off. You think about these drones, each of them cost $500 to $5,000, and these drone attacks destroyed $7 billion worth of Russian aircraft. Now these are

Readout of U.S. Senator Steve Daines’ Meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

June 3, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines, member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, met today with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Gyumri, Armenia. Senator Daines discussed U.S. critical mineral investments and regional security concerns, including the Trump Administration’s desire to achieve a lasting peace in the region. He echoed Secretary Rubio’s most recent statements that there would be tremendous benefits from Armenia and Azerbaijan signing a peace agreement.

Readout of U.S. Senator Steve Daines’ Meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev

June 3, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines, Chairman of the European Subcommittee for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, met today with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Baku, Azerbaijan. Senator Daines discussed regional security concerns, including the Trump Administration’s desire to achieve a lasting peace in the region. He echoed Secretary Rubio’s most recent statements that there would be tremendous benefits from Azerbaijan and Armenia signing a peace agreement. Senator Daines also conveyed his support for Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan working together to strengthen energy security in the region by allowing energy to be transferred across the Caspian Sea, which would lessen the dependence

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