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From the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. As a part of his continued efforts to champion Montana farmers and ranchers, U.S. Senator Jon Tester introduced Friday his bipartisan American Farmers Feed the World Act, a bill to ensure that American-grown food is prioritized in Food for Peace shipments. Tester's bipartisan legislation will fortify the nation's allies, support American farmers, and contribute to the fight against global hunger by ensuring the continued role of...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked about the prospect of a government shutdown, new military equipment for the Montana National Guard, and his opposition to the U.S. Department of Education's recent push to withdraw funding for bow hunting and gun safety programs in a press call Thursday morning. Tester said the biggest thing on people's minds at the moment is the looming possibility of yet another government shutdown threatened by the Freedom Caucus, a group of hardline...
It’s no secret that I don’t look like most of my colleagues in Washington, D.C. They don’t run a farm when they’re back home, you won’t find them swapping out duck foot shovels or greasing a combine, and to my knowledge no one else is missing a few fingers from an unlucky childhood run-in with a meat grinder while butchering meat on my family farm. But beyond our differences in appearance, I’m always focused on bringing a healthy dose of Montana common sense and a lifetime of experience living in rural America with me to...
Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s Defending Hunters Education Act, legislation that would force the Biden Administration to reverse course on their decision to prohibit the use of federal funds for school archery and hunting education classes, is gaining significant bipartisan momentum with Republican and Democratic Senators signing on as bipartisan co-sponsors of the bill. U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Bob Casey, D-Pa., have announced they are co-sponsoring Tes...
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana MISSOULA — A Kalispell man who admitted to threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., in calls to his office was sentenced today to two-and-a-half years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Kevin Patrick Smith, 46, pleaded guilty in April to threats to murder a United States senator. U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided. In court documents and in statements in court, the government said public dis...
Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., was in Havre Thursday touring Big Equipment and meeting with owner Ron Harmon before sitting down with Havre Daily News for a brief interview, where he talked about congressional priorities and the legal woes of former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden. Rosendale said his top priority, as well as that of his colleagues, upon their return to Congress will be the passage of 11 funding bills that will make sure the government keeps functioning...
The White House Press Office announced that President Joe Biden declared that flooding that occurred in this region from April 10 to April 26 a disaster and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by flooding. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., praised the declaration. "Significant flooding in northern Montana was devastating to farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, and this disaster declaration will help to make...
A historic deal more than a century in the making requiring the federal government to ensure members of the Fort Belknap Indian Community have water — and ensures water is available to everyone along the Milk River — took another major step forward Thursday. The Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act, led by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., unanimously was passed by the U.S. Senate as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, a release from Tester’s office said. The Fort...
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester held a press call Thursday in which he answered a number of questions about the National Defense Authorization Act and announced a pair of bills designed to increase transparency and curb the influence of money in Washington. The NDAA, which authorizes how the military can and cannot use the funds that will be appropriated, was the biggest subject of discussion on the call with Tester touting the bill's importance. He said China is looking to...
An agreement more than a century in the making to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — Wednesday when the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act passed out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The federal doctrine involving tribal water rights — The Winters Doctrine — started in Fort Belknap with the lawsuit Winters vx. United States, in which the U.S, Supreme Court established the doctrine that the federal government...
A proposed budget for Amtrak in the House Committee on Appropriations has raised some alarms, including the CEO of the national passenger rail service saying cut from the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations will not work. “The funding levels proposed in the House FY24 transportation appropriations bill for Amtrak and FRA rail programs will stop the advancement of passenger rail in its tracks,” Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said in a statment. “If the proposed levels become law, Amtrak will have to radically reduce or suspend servi...
Press release GREAT FALLS - The American Red Cross continues to see a concerning trend - blood donations are being sent to hospitals faster than they are coming in. The Red Cross has collected about 50,000 fewer blood donations than needed over the last two months. Donors are asked to make an appointment to give blood now to avoid a looming blood shortage. To help head off a more serious situation, the Red Cross is teaming up with Warner Bros. Discovery for the 35th...
An agreement to settle water rights issues and provide water to Fort Belknap Indian Community — and to people all along the Milk River — decades in the making took a major step forward this week when the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act was heard in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. “What this water settlement is going to mean for the people in Fort Belknap and in surrounding communities is clean drinking water, water for the future, like we ta...
The essence of democratic process is the opportunity for all parties to be able to voice their views. The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, by inserting a budget rider which defunds the ongoing work by USDA to formulate rules that would re-invigorate the Packers and Stockyards Act, violated all principles of democracy. They did this action with no hearings or public input. Obviously, this budget rider is an inside job by the meat packer cartel aided by their public spokes-organization, the National...
Meetings are set to begin planning for the next phase of rehabilitating the system that provides much — almost all in some years — of the water in the Milk River: the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works. The Milk River Joint Board of Control, in partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Natural Resources Conservation Service, proposes to rehabilitate and modernize the St. Mary Canal and associated infrastructure along its existing alignment to improve agricultural water management. The agencies have set three pu...
This release is from the Office of Sen. Jon Tester As part of his continued efforts to advocate for Montana’s family farmers and ranchers, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., this month introduced his bipartisan Livestock Disaster Relief Act with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., to help ensure that Montana’s ranchers receive the relief funding needed to recover from future disasters. “As a third-generation farmer, I know firsthand how challenging it can be for Montanans when disasters like drought or winter storms strike,” said Tester. ...
Before a former Navy SEAL declared his candidacy in next year's race for one of Montana's U.S. Senate seats, incumbent Democrat Jon Tester said he was ready for a fight in his bid for a fourth term in the 2024 election. "Look, I'm used to tough elections," Tester said in a telephone press conference last week. Former SEAL and Belgrade-based Bridger Aerospace aerial firefighting company founder and CEO Tim Sheehy announced Monday he is entering the race as a Republican. "My lif...
Montana Senss Jon Tester, a Democrat, and Steve Daines, a Republican, introduced the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act to the Senate Wednesday, a potentially historic bill that will secure the Fort Belknap Indian Community’s Indian water rights. The bill would invest $1.3 billion in water infrastructure and provide economic opportunity across the Hi-Line as well as help to avoid costly litigation over water rights in the area, a release from Fort Belknap said Wednesday. The bill also includes c...
With the weather finally warming up here for spring time, I’ve been spending a lot of time out on my tractor finishing up planting. Every year, I plant my fields with crops like wheat, barley, peas and millet. The days are long — Sharla and I start early in the morning and work late until the job is done — but as Montanans know, hard work is rewarding and always reminds us how lucky we are to live here in Montana. Our Montana way of life is what makes us The Last Best Place, and it’s worth defending for our kids and grandki...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked about national debt, immigration and bank failures in a rural press call Thursday where he also weighed in on some state issues, including the recently passed state ban on TikTok. Tester said the biggest issue in Congress at the moment is obviously the ongoing negotiation and debate over raising the national debt ceiling, with congressional Republicans threatening to let the country default if their demands of the Joe Biden administration...
The addition of a new building to house administrative services at Rocky Boy Health Center will allow expanded services including improved medical and mental health services, a press release said. The center on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is receiving $11.3 million in funding through the federal New Markets Tax Credit Program, freeing up space in the existing facility to allow improved access to high-quality and efficient medical, mental health and substance abuse services. “With the addition of the new Health Adm...
Montana Sen. Jon Tester in a press conference Thursday said the biggest news relevant to his committees is bad, unfortunately, with the recent rejection of a bill that would have, among other things, expanded home health care for aging and disabled veterans, expanded work for veterans' service officers, improved the VA's Caregivers Program and bolstered mental health treatment. He said it would also help Native Americans and Alaskans, who serve in the military at a higher...
This was released by the office of Sen. Jon Tester Continuing his efforts to lower costs for Montanans and bolster education opportunities for rural communities, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester introduced bipartisan legislation to make sure farm families aren’t paying higher costs to send their kids to college. Tester’s Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act would restore the exemptions for family farm land and small businesses from being declared as an asset on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, saving the childre...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked about upcoming legislation supporting law enforcement during a press call Thursday, where he also talked about border security, mental health care and flood mitigation in the state as well as the upcoming Farm Bill. Tester said keeping Montana communities safe is a top priority of his and he works with law enforcement every year to increase their funding, as well as funding for first responders. He said he’s worked on bills to provide law enforcement with the funds for necessary e...
Fort Harrison campus in Montana This was provided by the office of Sen.. Jon Tester, D-Mont. WASHINGTON —The Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation from U.S. Senator Jon Tester to authorize several Department of Veterans Affairs construction projects in fiscal year 2023 to better serve veterans, including at the Fort Harrison VA facility in Montana. The bill now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. “I’ll always fight to connect veterans with their hard-earned health care and benefits,” said...
