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Daines Announces Nearly $300,000 for Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes Telehealth

June 27, 2016

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $297,041.00 in critical funding for the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes to improve access to needed high-quality healthcare. “Telehealth services are critical to ensuring access to quality healthcare services close to home,” Daines stated. “It’s great to see the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes have even more resources available to expand healthcare for tribal members.” Daines recently secured funding to focus resources toward efforts and programs to help rural communities, such as telehealth in the FY2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. The Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP) through

Daines in Finance Committee: The Abortion Pill Is Extremely Harmful to Women

September 4, 2025

New Study Shows Women Experience Adverse Effects 22 Times More Often Than FDA Estimates U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, about the dangers of the chemical abortion pill and the need for FDA review of mifepristone. Daines also emphasized the need to strengthen Montana’s Medicaid expansion program. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on how the abortion pill is harmful to women: Daines: I want to begin my time by talking about the issue of federal deregulation of chemical abortion drugs Since mifepristone was

The Big Beautiful Bill is a win for Montana

July 29, 2025

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is a tremendous win for Montana. It will spur economic growth, strengthen border security as well as expand Montana’s energy sector and provide much-needed funding for our military. And thanks to the diligent work of the entire Montana congressional delegation, we defeated attempts to sell our public lands. Nearly every Montanan will feel the economic benefits of this law, which builds on the success of the historic 2017 Trump tax cuts that led to higher economic growth, increased wages, and more jobs. Had Congress failed to pass the Big Beautiful Bill, those tax cuts would

Daines: “The Big Beautiful Bill is a Win for Montana”

July 8, 2025

Will Join President Trump at White House as President Signs Daines Priorities Into Law U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines will join President Trump at the White House today for the signing of the Big Beautiful Bill, which includes an enormous list of Daines priorities. The legislation also prevents the largest tax increase in American history, makes the tax cuts permanent and provides funding for border security and the military. “The Big Beautiful Bill is a win for Montana and there is no better way to celebrate our nation’s Independence Day than with the signing of this legislation. The Big Beautiful

Daines Bills to Bolster Mental Health Workforce One Step Closer to Becoming Law

November 8, 2023

Two of Daines’ Bills Passed Out of the Senate Finance Committee with Bipartisan Support U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke at a Senate Finance Committee meeting about the importance of mental health services, especially in rural states like Montana. The committee passed the “Better Act” with bipartisan support which included Daines’ bipartisan “Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act” and the “More Behavioral Health Providers Act.” The legislation Daines helped pass today specifically targets lack of access in several ways, including bolstering telehealth services, addressing coverage gaps, and strengthening the mental and behavioral health workforce. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “In

Daines Introduces Bill to Protect Rural Montanans’ Access to Health Care

June 16, 2023

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced a bill to permanently protect Montanans’ access to telehealth services. These services were used extensively during the pandemic and many Americans, especially those in rural areas of Montana, still depend on them to access care. “In rural states like Montana, many folks live great distances from their nearest health care provider—a trip to a hospital or doctor’s office is not only highly inconvenient, but can also be very dangerous in emergencies or severe weather. Telehealth helps Montanans in every corner of our state. Many Montanans and rural health care providers have come to rely on expanded telehealth services to ensure access to the care folks need.

Daines Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Expand Peer Counseling, Increase Montanans’ Access to Mental Health Services

November 1, 2021

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, cosponsored a bipartisan bill, the “PEERS Act,” to expand access to peer support services for Montanans with mental health and substance use conditions. “The COVID-19 pandemic has put a great strain on an already stretched thin mental health system, especially when it comes to the mental and behavioral health care workforce. Allowing Medicare to cover peer support services would expand critical access to care for individuals in Montana with mental illness or substance use conditions. It would also help build upon the successful peer support network in Montana, which helps deliver recovery-oriented behavioral health services

Daines Leads Senate Hearing on Mental Health, Addiction Challenges Facing Montana

May 12, 2021

U.S. SENATE — As the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee on Heath Care, Senator Steve Daines today led a hearing on improving mental health and addiction services in our communities, where he highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montana. Click HERE to watch and download the Senator’s opening remarks. “May is Mental Health Awareness Month – an issue at the top of my mind and many others following a year of isolation for Montanans and Americans across the country,” Daines said. “Since the pandemic, lockdowns, economic hardships, and social isolation have only helped intensify what we already know – we need

Sen. Daines leads senate hearing on mental health, addiction challenges

May 12, 2021

U.S. SENATE – Senator Steve Daines led a hearing Wednesday on improving mental health and addiction services in our communities, where he highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montana. May is Mental Health Awareness Month – an issue at the top of my mind and many others following a year of isolation for Montanans and Americans across the country,” Sen. Daines said. “Since the pandemic, lockdowns, economic hardships and social isolation have only helped intensify what we already know – we need mental health services in our communities, and we need to make it a priority. You can

Montana Senators receive committee assignments

February 12, 2021

Montana U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines recently received new key committee assignments.

Tester, a Democrat, is now chair of the Senate Veteran Affairs Committee, which is significant for Montana’s nearly 90,000 military veterans. The state ranks third nationally for veterans per capita. Tester has served on the committee since 2007, but until now didn’t have the seniority to be chairman while Democrats have the majority.

Additionally, Tester was appointed chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, a key committee for Malmstrom Air Force Base and all military spending. Through the end of 2020, both Tester and Daines served on the subcommittee.

Daines’ presence on Appropriations was an exception to a rule that lawmakers not serve on both Appropriations and Senate Finance. Serving on both required a waiver from Senate leadership.

The current arrangement leaves Montana with seats on three primary money committees. Tester on Appropriations, Daines on Senate Finance and both lawmakers on Senate Banking.

Daines was reassigned to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, which is not only key for banking, but also veteran housing. The committee deals with some trade issues, insurance and financial markets. Banking Committee members are also some of the largest recipients of campaign donations from the banking and finance industry. It’s also a committee on which Tester has served since his first year in office.

Both senators also serve on the Indian Affairs Committee, which is key for Montana’s seven American Indian reservations and the significant social issues like the missing and murdered Indigenous persons crisis. Education, health care, trust lands and other federal obligations secured under treaty with sovereign tribal nations are issues covered by the Indian Affairs Committee.

Additionally, Daines serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which deals with everything from oil and gas leasing on federal public lands to national parks.

Tester is also a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The committee is key to addressing the “digital divide” between urban and rural areas, improving broadband in rural communities for business, education and telehealth.

In the House of Representatives, as previously reported, Rep. Matt Rosendale serves on Natural Resources and Veterans affairs, appointments that align with the senators’ committee assignments.

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