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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today gave a speech at the Caspian Policy Center’s Trans-Caspian Forum. Read his remarks as prepared for delivery below. Daines’ remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you Ambassador Hoagland for that kind introduction and for your long career working to build America’s ties with the Caspian region.  Good morning everyone. Thank you very much to the Caspian Policy Center for hosting this event. I want to acknowledge a few of today’s participants who have been fellow champions of U.S. engagement in this critical region;  Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau has been a great advocate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing where he discussed delivering economic prosperity through the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) framework agreement and removing the Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan: Daines: One of the underreported successes for your diplomacy in this administration is what’s happened to the peace agreement, a landmark agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I know, Mr. Secretary, you just were in the region most recently. A major step forward for

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Stuart Varney on Fox Business to discuss the latest on the Iran war. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on President Trump and Secretary Rubio’s leadership: Well, first of all, one of the best decisions President Trump made was to appoint Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. I think he’s one of the best secretaries we’ve had in our nation’s history. And Marco Rubio is not afraid to wade in to solve some of the toughest problems the world faces. And certainly, what’s happening right now in Iran is one of those. President

Trip will focus on Chinese Technology and Domestic Innovation WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced today he is leading a bipartisan congressional delegation of five senators on a visit to China this week. The delegation will visit various tech businesses in Shanghai and Beijing and meet with Chinese officials.  “In order to effectively compete with China, we need to understand China’s innovation ecosystem, which is why I am glad to be here with my colleagues. With the United States and China making up 40 percent of the total world economy, engaging the

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines chaired a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. He spoke with Darrell Owens, nominee to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Representative George Holding, nominee to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He also spoke with William Trachman, nominee to be Ambassador to Tanzania, and Juan Rodriguez, nominee to be Ambassador to Guatemala. Watch Daines’ opening remarks HERE and the full hearing HERE.   Daines’ opening remarks: I want to thank our nominees today for joining us and for your willingness to serve

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Stuart Varney on Fox Business to discuss the latest on the Iran war and energy prices. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on the success of the U.S. military: I’m cheering for the good guys. It’s remarkable what the U.S. military has done under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s leadership. They have decapitated the command and control structure in Iran. They’ve removed their political leadership. They’ve destroyed the nuclear capabilities. They’ve destroyed their ballistic missiles. Remember, the Iranians did fire one intermediate ballistic missile that went 2,500 miles near Diego Garcia. To put

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Newsmax to discuss “Operation Epic Fury.” Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on President Trump’s bold leadership: “These are the same critics that went after President Trump during his first administration when he took out Soleimani. President Trump has been decisive; he has moral clarity on the situation, not only in the Middle East, but around the world. Keep in mind what’s happened just in the last five days is remarkable. Forty-seven years of a reign of terror and tyranny in Iran, the greatest single destabilizing force in the Middle East and the

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Katie Pavlich on NewsNation to discuss regime change in Iran and the importance of the SAVE America Act. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on regime change in Iran: It’s up to the people of Iran to do that [regime change]. I was at the Munich Security Conference, in fact, a week and a half ago. There were over 250,000 people protesting for the overthrow of the regime in Iran. It was amazing. Lindsey Graham spoke in front of that group. It was quite the moment. It was right after Marco Rubio’s great speech