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U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss the importance of passing the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and stopping the largest tax increase in American history. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on the stopping the largest tax increase in American history: I’ve yet to meet an American that wants to see their taxes go up. And let’s just keep in mind, this bill stops the largest tax increase in American history. The average working family in America will see a $1,700 per year increase in their taxes if we don’t act in Congress. Not to mention the fact

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Representative Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) today sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. The letter commends the administration for their ongoing trade negotiations to support American producers and manufacturers.  “We write to you to express our strong support for ongoing trade negotiations to level the playing field for American producers and manufacturers. President Trump’s decision to pause the implementation of certain reciprocal tariffs creates momentum to secure meaningful and enforceable agreements for U.S. agricultural producers, energy producers,

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) today announced that their bipartisan resolution to designate the month of June as “Great Outdoors Month” passed the U.S. Senate last evening. “In Montana, our outdoor way of life is what sets us apart and makes us the Last Best Place. As an avid outdoorsman myself, I’m proud to work with Senator Peters on this bipartisan resolution that celebrates the amazing natural beauty we’re lucky to have here in America. I hope everyone takes some time to get outside and enjoy our parks and lands this summer!” said Daines. “From being out on the Great Lakes to hiking

Discuss Grid Reliability, Baseload Power, and the North Plains Connector U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Secretary of Energy Chris Wright about supporting Montana’s energy priorities. The two discussed grid reliability and the necessity of baseload power. Daines also emphasized his support for the North Plains Connector and Montana refineries. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on the Importance of Grid Reliability and Baseload Power: Daines: Secretary Wright, it’s great to have you back here. Last week, the EPA announced they’ve started the process to roll back President Biden’s anti-energy rules, including MATS and Clean Power Plan 2.0. The Biden

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines spoke with NewsNation last evening to discuss the importance of supporting Israel in their fight to end Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines On Unity Among Republicans Supporting Israel: We had lunch with J.D. Vance today on Capitol Hill, the Vice President, our former colleague in the Senate, came and had lunch with us Republican senators. And I’ll just tell you, there’s widespread support for what’s going on right now in terms of supporting Israel. Well, he gave us an update. He’s spending a lot of time in the situation room because of

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined The Will Cain Show to discuss strengthening the Medicaid program and preventing the largest tax increase in history. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on Medicaid reform: The bottom line is this, Republicans are trying to save Medicaid. We want to strengthen Medicaid, while the Democrats are trying to drain Medicaid. So the reforms that we are proposing, what you just described there in the so-called provider tax, that’s just a scheme that are used by the states to actually get more dollars than the federal government. This is one of the fastest growing entitlements currently

Also Discusses SALT Deduction in Senate Tax Bill U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss the importance of destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities and the need to support Israel, as well as the ongoing talks about the SALT cap in the Senate reconciliation bill. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on the SALT Deduction: I think it’s important to understand why we’re having this debate on this SALT deduction. Here’s the problem. You’ve got lower tax red states who are subsidizing high-tax blue states. The right answer is for the blue states to challenge their governors and state legislators to stop

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines reintroduced the “Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act,” bipartisan legislation to grow apprenticeship programs and strengthen Montana’s workforce. The bill would provide critical grant funding to colleges that offer registered apprenticeship programs in the construction and manufacturing industries and encourage more students to pursue good paying jobs in high demand industries that are vital to bolstering Montana’s workforce. “Montana’s economy depends on a strong, skilled workforce, and registered apprenticeships are a proven way to prepare workers for in-demand and good-paying jobs. The Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act will enable schools to provide the type of hands-on training and education that will lead to long-term careers in the construction