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Daines Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Spy Balloon Debacle

February 2, 2024

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of Montanan Larry Mayer spotting the Chinese spy balloon over Billings, Montana. For a year, Daines has been working to hold the Biden administration responsible for this egregious breach of national security. “One year ago today the country became aware of a Chinese spy balloon flying directly over our country, including over Malmstrom’s missile fields housing the most powerful nuclear weapons on the planet. Despite the Biden administration’s attempts to cover it up and hide it from the American people, Larry Mayer of Billings spotted the

Daines on Fox Business’ Kudlow Slams Biden’s Weakness on the World Stage

November 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business’ Kudlow slamming Biden’s weakness on the world stage as he focuses on appeasement and climate instead of securing the southern border. Watch the interview HERE. Daines on Biden’s Skewed Priorities Larry, just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it did in the last 24 hours when the Biden administration lifts the sanctions so the Iraqis can buy another $10 billion of Iranian oil. Larry, you can’t make this up. As I was watching what happened today, watching that meeting in San Francisco between Xi and Biden, as he was flying across the country, he should

Daines on Fox News’s America Reports: “President Biden is Weak and it Emboldens the Chinese, the Iranians and the Russians”

November 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox New’s America Reports to discuss the ongoing fight against terrorism in Israel and Daines’ first-hand experience in the Hezbollah terror tunnels. He also discussed President Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping and called out the President for his weakness on the world stage. Watch the interview HERE. Daines on Terror Tunnels You take a look at Hamas and the tunnels in Gaza, I’ve seen those before several years ago. What’s not being talked enough about are the tunnels dug by Hezbollah – another Iranian terror group. These are right near the Lebanon border; these are 80

Daines, Colleagues Sound Alarm on China’s Dominance in Global Payments Market

October 27, 2023

U.S. SENATE – Senator Steve Daines and Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee urged the Biden administration to confront the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) expanding footprint in the U.S. financial system and global payments market. The senators sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai, in which the senators warn that rapidly expanding Chinese payment networks may undermine U.S. foreign policy, threaten Americans’ sensitive financial and consumer data privacy, and violate international trade practices. In addition to calling for the Administration to examine the infiltration of Chinese payment networks into the U.S., the senators urge the Biden administration

Daines Introduces Bill to Prevent China, Adversaries from Purchasing Land Near U.S. Military Bases, Sensitive Sites

October 26, 2023

U.S. SENATE – Senator Steve Daines helped introduce the “Protect Our Bases Act” to ensure the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can review foreign land purchases near sensitive military, intelligence, and national laboratory sites by requiring member agencies to annually update and review their lists of these sites. “As President Biden’s weakness on the world stage has emboldened our adversaries, we must take action to protect the United States from potential national security threats,” said Senator Daines. “Purchasing land around sensitive intelligence sites and national labs gives foreign nations increased ability to spy on the U.S.—it must be stopped.”  BACKGROUND

Daines Introduces Bill to Strengthen Oversight of U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreements

September 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined a group of his Republican colleagues to introduce the “Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act.” The bill would strengthen oversight of science and technology agreements (STAs) between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by requiring the Secretary of State to provide comprehensive details to Congress about any new, renewed, or extended agreement and establishing a minimum 30-day Congressional review period.  “Montanans saw firsthand the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party when a spy balloon floated right over our nuclear missile fields and Malmstrom Air Force Base before flying over the rest

Daines: Eliminating Double Taxation Burden Between U.S. and Taiwan will Help Montana’s Economic Growth

September 14, 2023

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered the following remarks at a Senate Finance Committee executive session to consider the “United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act,” legislation that would benefit the economic stability, competitiveness and national security of both Taiwan and the United States by eliminating the burden of double taxation for the two countries’ businesses and workers. Click HERE to watch and HERE to download Daines’ remarks. See below for remarks as prepared for delivery: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  “I’m glad to see that this Committee is moving forward in recognizing the importance of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. “The partnership between our countries is crucial for a robust economic and

Daines’ Bipartisan Effort to Prevent China from Buying American Farmland, Ag Businesses Included in NDAA 

July 25, 2023

U.S. SENATE – U.S.Senator Steve Daines today announced that his bipartisan bill to blacklist China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from investing in, purchasing or otherwise acquiring land or businesses involved in agriculture was officially included in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). “Food security is national security and folks across Montana are rightfully concerned that China and our adversaries are buying up American farmland near critical military operations,” Daines said. “In order to protect our national security interests, especially after the Chinese spy balloon floated over Montana’s ICBMs and used American technology against us, we must stop our adversaries in their tracks before they threaten

Daines Slams Biden for Weakness on World Stage, Works to Strengthen NDAA

July 19, 2023

Highlights Mission of 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls To watch Daines’ remarks, click HERE. U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference highlighting the importance of pushing back on President Joe Biden’s woke agenda and using the “National Defense Authorization Act” (NDAA) to strengthen the United States’ national security. Senator Daines is working to include several of his priorities, including banning tax dollars from being used to host drag shows, sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals involved with the spy balloon and an analysis of North American Aerospace Defense

Daines Introduces Bill to Sanction Chinese Companies, Individuals Responsible for Chinese Spy Balloon

July 12, 2023

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced a bill which would ensure the U.S. Department of Treasury works with the Department of Commerce to identify various institutions as restricted trade partners if they are associated with either the Chinese military or intelligence services, or if they helped facilitate aerial operations to spy on the U.S. This legislation follows recent reports that China used American technology on the Chinese spy balloon.  “The recent discovery that China used U.S. technology to spy on the United States is embarrassing but not surprising as it is yet another foreign policy failure by the Biden administration. To ensure this never happens again, the world needs to know there are consequences for these actions