KMMS: Daines is Fighting to Protect Americans Privacy
Today during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting, members voted to include six of U.S. Senator Steve Daines’ bills to protect Americans’ privacy. Improving cyber security will ensure the responsible use of taxpayer dollars in the Department of Homeland Security Reauthorization Act. “As Americans continue to face threats at home and abroad, we must make sure we continue to innovate cyber technologies to protect Americans’ security,” said Daines. Protecting Montanans’ privacy has always been a top priority and I will continue working to ensure the government does not tread on that fundamental right.” During the Committee meeting,
Newstalk KGVO: Zinke – Daines Propose Bicameral Bill to Save National Parks
At a press conference in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke welcomed Montana Senator Steve Daines along with Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander and six other senators to propose legislation use revenues from energy production on federal lands to help pay for the over $11 billion maintenance backlog at the parks. Senator Alexander introduced the concept. “What we’re announcing today is a bipartisan proposal supported by the President of the United States and the Office of Management and Budget that over the next ten years could eliminate the $11.6 billion dollar deferred maintenance backlog in the
Daily Inter Lake: Daines Backs Bill to Fund National Park Maintenance
America’s National Parks face an $11.3 billion maintenance backlog. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and a group of other lawmakers have a proposal to fill it. The National Park Restoration Act would deposit a portion of revenues from energy production on federal lands into a fund for upkeep and repairs. Several senators and representatives from both parties are backing the bill. They joined Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke in presenting the bill Wednesday morning. In a press release, Daines described it as “a commonsense step forward to ensure that the challenges facing our national parks are finally addressed.” Each year,
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Big Sky awarded $10 million grant for road improvements
Congress has approved roughly $10.3 million in federal grant money to improve the main road in Big Sky. The TIGER grant is expected to add about seven left-turn lanes at key intersections along Lone Mountain Trail. The money will also pay for the construction of a pedestrian tunnel, road signs, extend an existing paved pedestrian trail and purchase four motor coaches and six vans to enhance transit service in Big Sky. U.S. Sen. Steve Daines announced the grant Tuesday afternoon. He said Gallatin County is leading the state in economic growth. “This grant will help the county meet the infrastructure
Daines Announces $10,292,000.00 Grant for Gallatin County Transportation Projects
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced a $10,292,000.00 federal grant to improve transportations systems that connect Gallatin County to Big Sky, Montana. “Gallatin County is leading the state in economic growth,” said Daines. “This grant will help the county meet the infrastructure demands of this rapid growth and continue creating good-paying jobs in the community.” The grant will add approximately seven left turn lanes at key intersections along MT 64, install road signage, construct a pedestrian tunnel, extend an existing paved pedestrian trail, and purchase four motor coaches and six vans to enhance transit service in the
Gianforte Joins Daines in Introducing Bill to Protect Access to Public Lands
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of Congressman Greg Gianforte’s introduction of a bill previously introduced by Daines, the Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act. The bill protects public access and use of Montana’s public lands by implementing the U.S. Forest Service’s recommendation to release 449,500 acres of Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in Montana. To watch the video click HERE. To download the video click HERE. Additional Information For the full text of the bill, click HERE. For Public Use of Public Lands Act FAQ, click HERE. For a
Daines Introduces Bill to Secure Our Schools
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced his new proposal, the Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act. This bipartisan legislation he introduced with Senator Orrin Hatch (UT), secures our schools by implementing proven, evidence-based programs and technologies that stop school violence before it happens. This afternoon, he reiterated the need to secure our schools during a Fox News interview. Watch video HERE. Download video HERE. “Moms and Dads want to know when they drop off their kids at school, they are safe,” said Daines. “We must secure our schools by stopping violence before it happens.” STOP School
Daines Votes to Repeal Crippling Dodd-Frank Regulations
Dodd-Frank has put Montana’s rural banks and credit unions out of business U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today voted to open debate on the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, legislation that would work to repeal some of the crippling regulations placed on Montana’s small rural community banks and credit unions under the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. “Dodd-Frank regulations are suffocating Montana’s rural banks and credit unions and ultimately are hitting their customers the hardest,” said Daines. “This bill takes a long overdue step in the right direction and begins to give local
Flathead Beacon: Gianforte Proposes to Release Montana Wilderness Study Areas
BILLINGS — Montana U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte has drafted two bills proposing to release almost 690,000 acres (279,000 hectares) of wilderness study areas in Montana. One of Gianforte’s bills echoes Montana Sen. Steve Daines’ bill introduced in the Senate late last year. It proposes to release 449,500 acres (182,000 hectares) of wilderness study areas all on national forest lands. The Billings Gazette reports that Gianforte also authored a separate act to release an additional 240,000 acres (97,000 hectares) of Bureau of Land Management wilderness. Gianforte says the land has been in limbo for as long as 40 years, stuck in