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The oil and gas industry in Montana and North Dakota took another hit Thursday when the Department of the Interior announced it will suspend new oil and gas leases on federal lands for 60 days as part of a broad review of Interior’s programs. The move is a first step toward making good on promises that newly sworn in President Joe Biden made on the campaign trail to halt new drilling and hydraulic fracturing on federal lands. The suspension won’t limit activity under already existing leases. Companies can continue to drill and develop those acres. Presently, about 20 percent of

President Joe Biden’s new administration wasted no time taking executive actions aimed at combating climate change and protecting the environment. And Montana’s top Republican leaders have wasted no time criticizing those actions, saying they will kill jobs and make the United States more dependent on foreign oil. U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale and Gov. Greg Gianforte each have criticized Biden’s decision to halt construction of the long-disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would run through six states, including Montana, on its way from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf Coast. Biden revoked a permit for the pipeline

Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines on Friday criticized President Joe Biden’s administration over the rejection of TC Energy’s concessions offered to keep plans for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline in place. Daines appeared on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” and was asked by host Bill Hemmer about the offer from the company that runs the pipeline, which included “10,000 American union construction jobs, steel pipe made in the U.S, $10 million in green job training fund, $500 million for indigenous suppliers and jobs, and 100% renewable power to operate the pipeline within 8 to 10 years.” “I think it’s all

WASHINGTON D.C. – Thousands of National Guardsmen were allowed back into the U.S. Capitol Thursday night hours after the U.S. Capitol Police ordered them to leave the facilities, sending them outdoors or to nearby parking garages, POLITICO reported.  Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) is responding to this on Twitter. “This is unacceptable. I’m demanding this be fixed NOW,” Daines Tweeted. “I’ve spoken with [Montana National Guard] soldiers on the ground tonight & will continue to stay in touch. These are American heroes. They should be treated like it.”

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., believes President Biden killing the Keystone XL pipeline shows he’s putting “Saudi Arabia first,” not American workers. “It looks like he cares more about workers in Saudi Arabia than the workers in America,” Daines said on “America’s Newsroom.” “This is going to have a direct effect [on] the pocketbooks of the American people here in the middle of a pandemic.” Biden signed a total of 17 executive orders within minutes of entering the Oval Office for the first time on Wednesday. The orders reversed a number of Trump administration policies and covered areas Biden identified as

Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), a member of the Senate Energy Committee, on Friday, slammed President Joe Biden’s “radical” agenda that halted the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The move erased 11,000 jobs in the United States. Daines said the immediate decision to nix the Keystone Pipeline is “outrageous” and “all part of President Biden’s Saudi Arabia First Plan.” “I think it’s all part of President Biden’s Saudi Arabia First Plan,” Daines said on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom.” “It looks like he cares more about workers in Saudi Arabia than the workers in America. this is the kind of

Over 150 Montana National Guard soldiers are in our nation’s capital for the presidential inauguration. On Tuesday, Montana Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) was able to visit the troops, and thank them for their service protecting the U.S. Capitol. “DAINES: A high honor to meet with our Montana soldiers last night in D.C. From Ryegate, to Polson, to Dillon and Miles City, and all across our great state, these men and women are some of our finest. They will ensure we have a peaceful transfer of power today. God bless our country.” Meanwhile, both Senator Daines and Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale

All three members of Montana’s Congressional delegation attended President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, and Gov. Greg Gianforte joined them in congratulating the new president on social media. The 46th president took the oath of office on Wednesday before a sparse crowd, following coronavirus safety protocols, and a few National Guard members looking on from the national mall. Kamala Harris took the oath of office for the vice president, making her the first woman and first woman of color to hold the office. Montana Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester, and Rep. Matt Rosendale were at Biden’s inauguration. The delegation