Daines Urges Colleagues to Confirm Katie Lane as Next Federal Judge for the District of Montana in Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing urging his colleagues to support Katie Lane’s nomination to serve as the next Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Read his remarks as prepared for delivery below. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. Daines’ remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Durbin, It is my honor to introduce Katie Lane and support her nomination to serve as the next Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Katie’s distinguished record of public service and experience in the
Daines on Fox News: Stop the Nonsense, End the DHS Shutdown
“Our Airports Look Like Walmart on Black Friday” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Martha McCallum on Fox News to discuss his meeting at the White House to end the DHS shutdown. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on his meeting at the White House on ending the DHS shutdown: What happened yesterday at the White House was extraordinary. I got to give tremendous credit to President Trump and his team. The president saw what was going to happen right now at this moment in history a year ago when we put an extra $150 billion in the Homeland
Daines in Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: We Need to Build Nuclear Energy in Montana
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Theodore Garrish, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy and Dr. John Wagner, Director at the Idaho National Lab, in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. They discussed how Montana can play a role in the Trump administration’s plans to reinvigorate America’s nuclear capacity. Watch Daines’ opening remarks HERE. Daines’ opening remarks: Chairman Risch, thank you. And with your foreign relations hat on here and your nuclear hat for a moment, just to pile on that earlier conversation on microreactors, where this might all head. And as we
Daines on Fox Business: “We Should Not Allow Democrats to Use a Shutdown to Put Pain on the American People”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss Senator Markwayne Mullin’s hearing to be DHS Secretary and the effects of the DHS shutdown across the nation. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on the DHS shutdown: It’s nuts, Larry. I call this “reindeer games” up here on Capitol Hill. This is now day 33. The Democrats decided to shut down DHS at a time when our nation needs those kind of resources on the front lines. Look what’s going on in TSA. I understand right now the Houston airport, three to four hour
Daines Urges Colleagues to Support His Bills Protecting Montana’s Water Security and Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing and urged his colleagues to support four of his bills: the “Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act,” the “Fort Peck Water System Reauthorization Act,” the “Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act,” and the “Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act.” Watch Daines’ opening remarks HERE. Daines’ opening remarks: Included in today’s agenda are four of my bills, including the Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act, the Fort Peck Water System Reauthorization Act, the Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act, as well as the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act, with my colleague Senator
Daines, Hickenlooper Introduce Bill to Protect Water Access, Reauthorize CWMP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) today introduced the “Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act.” The bill reauthorizes the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CWMP) for four years, which will help address water management for Montana’s local communities and tribal lands. Representative Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) introduced the companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Reliable access to clean water is a basic necessity for Montanans. This bipartisan bill provides a common sense solution to water management needs by funding CWMP and will help ensure our communities are equipped to face drought, wildfires, or other natural disasters,”
Daines in Senate Indian Affairs Committee: Complete the Fort Belknap Water Settlement, Support Montana’s Hi-Line
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with the Department of the Interior Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Cameron in a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. The two discussed the necessity of completing the Fort Belknap water rights settlement and supporting irrigation and infrastructure on the Milk River. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on the importance of the Fort Belknap water rights settlement: Daines: The Fort Belknap have waited over a century to settle their water rights. In fact, they are the original tribe that led to the Winters Doctrine. They completed their settlement negotiations decades ago and have been waiting
Daines, Sheehy, Zinke Send Letter Urging FAA to Include Bozeman Airport in New Pilot Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, as well as Representative Ryan Zinke (MT-01), today sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to express support for the inclusion of Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) in the Federal Contract Tower to FAA tower transition program. “As you know, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the FAA to establish the pilot program no later than 18 months after enactment and to prioritize contract towers that meet specific tower operations and passenger enplanement criteria. The Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which
ICYMI: Daines Op-Ed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: “Thanks to President Trump, We’re Protecting Montana’s Mines”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines penned an op-ed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle about the Trump administration’s actions to protect Montana mining. Read it below. Sen. Steve Daines: Thanks to President Trump, we’re protecting Montana’s mines Bozeman Daily Chronicle March 6th, 2026 Montana’s mining industry is critically important to not only our state but the country. Hard rock mining for critical minerals like copper, platinum, palladium, and silver provides more than 18,000 good-paying jobs for Montanans, adds nearly $430 million to the state’s economy, and provides an essential tax base for our local communities. In addition, Montana’s coal mines employ