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Daines Secures Commitment from Trump Department of Energy Secretary Nominee Chris Wright to Support Made in Montana Energy

January 15, 2025

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today secured a commitment from Trump’s Secretary of Energy nominee Chris Wright to support energy development in Montana and voiced his support for Wright’s confirmation in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Watch Daines’ and Wright’s full exchange HERE. Daines highlighted the importance of an all-of-above energy portfolio and asked for Wright’s commitment to support reliable, affordable sources of energy in Montana. Wright agreed. Daines: One of the first things you can do as Secretary, I think, is to refocus the Department on pro-baseload energy policies. Baseload power resources like coal, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear, I think will

Daines Takes to Senate Floor to Pass Bill to Save Montana Mining Jobs

December 19, 2024

Senate Democrats Blocked Daines’ Bill U.S. Senator Steve Daines today took to the Senate floor to pass his “Crow Revenue Act” which would protect 100 Montana jobs, fix long-standing inholdings on the Crow Reservation, provide revenue to the Crow Tribe and help ensure the Bull Mountains Mine continues to operate. Senate Democrats blocked Daines’ bill from passing. Watch Daines’ remarks on the Senate floor HERE. “With only days left in the 118th Congress I come to the floor to fight for my rural Montana communities. “My…Crow Revenue Act, is a win-win-win for Montana and one that cannot wait any longer. “The bill is simple.

Daines Blasts Biden Admin for Killing Montana Mining, Slashing Jobs

November 27, 2024

Will Introduce Legislation to Reverse Biden Prohibition on New Coal Leasing in Powder River Basin U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement after the Biden administration published their Miles City Resource Management Plan (RMP) Record of Decision which will prohibit any new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin of Montana. “At every turn the Biden administration has launched attack after attack on made in Montana energy and the people of Montana and the rest of the country rebuked the administration for it at the ballot box. Yet the Biden administration still did not get the message, issuing

Three Daines Bills One Step Closer to Becoming Law

November 19, 2024

Bills to Keep Bull Mountains Mine Open, Support Quantum Research, and Provide Housing Relief U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines announced today that three of his legislative priorities passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The first bill would prevent the Bull Mountains Mine from closing and protect Montana jobs. Daines’ bill to reauthorize the DOE Quantum Energy Act and promote quantum research, development, and jobs in Montana as well as his bill to address housing challenges in the National Park Service and Forest Service also passed out of committee with bipartisan support. Daines introduced S.4432 in May 2024.

Biden-Harris energy, mining policies threaten Montana way of life | Sen. Steve Daines

October 16, 2024

The following op-ed by Senator Daines appeared in newspapers across Montana, including Hungry Horse News, Three Forks Voice, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, The Livingston Enterprise, Helena IR, Ravalli Republic, Missoulian, Montana Standard, Billings Gazette, Meet Montana. Few decisions made in Washington impact Montanans more than those made about our nation’s natural resources. Unfortunately, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ pursuit of radical environmentalism and a liberal climate change agenda is shutting down our state’s energy and mining and threatening our Montana way of life. When it comes to mining, look no further than the 700 hard-working miners laid off from Montana’s own

Daines Opposes Biden’s Threats to Kill Made-in-Montana Energy

June 1, 2024

U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act to challenge President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandates that threaten to shut down Montana power plants, kill jobs and hurt American energy security. “While Joe Biden’s war on energy rages on, Montanans face job losses, price increases and a threat to the reliability of our electric grid because of federal mandates from the Administration’s EPA. I strongly oppose Biden’s attempts to kill made-in-Montana energy and always will,” said Daines. To read the full text of the bill, click HERE. Daines has been pushing back on the Biden

Daines Gives Biden Admin Reality Check on Financial Burden of Dam Breaching

February 9, 2024

U.S. Senate – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today insisted President Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) address the financial burden that breaching the lower Snake River dams would have on Montanans. The demand comes after months of the Biden administration attempting to usurp congressional authority and move toward dam breaching. “It is disconcerting to note the proposed agreement is already being celebrated as a ‘roadmap’ for lower Snake River dam breaching […] despite the fact the administration has acknowledged only Congress has the authority to remove federal dams . . . While the analyses of cost implications of breaching the LSRDs have so far

Daines Doubles Down on Opposition to Biden Administration’s Attempts to Breach Snake River Dams

December 15, 2023

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines released the following statement after the Biden administration’s Columbia River Basin announcement to explore ways to replace the power, transportation and agriculture assets in preparation for potential breaching of the Snake River dams. “Congress has the authority to remove dams—not Washington bureaucrats, radical judges or the Biden administration,” Daines said. “The Snake River dams support Montana agriculture, provide a source of clean, reliable energy, help support recreation activities and provide critical transportation. This agreement reached behind closed doors leaves out the Montanans who rely on these dams and is a desperate attempt to appease fringe environmental groups. I remain firmly opposed

Daines Op-Ed in Washington Examiner: Biden’s climate agenda creates energy poverty in tribal nations

December 6, 2023

U.S. SENATE—U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Kathleen Sgamma, President of Western Energy Alliance, authored the following op-ed in the Washington Examiner. Click here to read the full op-ed. Excerpts below: The White House is hosting its Tribal Nations Summit this week, and it’s important to note that the administration’s climate policy is bankrupting the tribes it claims to help. The president is sure to promise, as he has at previous summits, that his administration “will defend tribal sovereignty, self-government, and self-determination and will support tribal economies.” Unfortunately, the administration’s policies do the opposite. Specifically, the administration’s energy policy is crushing our nation’s tribes by robbing them of reliable jobs

Daines Slams Biden Administration for New Proposed Rule That Would Increase Cost of Domestic Energy Production

July 21, 2023

Every Senate Democrat Paved the Way for the Rule to Take Place U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today released the following statement after the Biden administration announced a new proposed rule that would drastically increase the cost of oil and gas production on public lands. “Since Day One President Biden has sent a clear message to Montana energy producers: this administration is coming for you. From shutting down lease sales to begging our adversaries for oil to this new rule that will raise rates for Montana oil and gas producers, the Biden administration is proving that they would rather bow to

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