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June 11, 2021| View More
Politico: Senators seek USDA special investigator after meatpacking disruptions
The new office being proposed by key lawmakers would target anti-competitive practices in the concentrated meat processing industry.
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June 10, 2021| View More
KHQ: Explorers Head Start program in Billings receiving $3,801,001 in HHS funding
The Explorers Head Start program in Billings will be receiving $3,801,001 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding.
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June 10, 2021| View More
Yahoo Finance: Inflation is a real concern, says this Senator who is a working farmer
Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is a third-generation farmer still getting his hands dirty every single week. He said the levels of inflation he is seeing as the economy rebounds from the pandemic is worrisome, and perhaps not so transitory as Federal Reserve officials have repeatedly mouthed in recent months.
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June 10, 2021| View More
Yahoo Finance: Ransom payments are ’the worst possible thing to be happening:' Sen. Tester
Senator Jon Tester joins Yahoo Finance to discuss his plans to combat essential issues such as affordable housing, national security after attacks on American infrastructure, and the Rural Physicians Workforce Protection Act he hopes to pass in the Senate.
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June 9, 2021| View More
MTPR: Tester Wants Crackdown On Canada's Upstream Selenium Pollution
Democratic Sen. Jon Tester Wednesday asked the U.S. State Department to put pressure on an international commission and the Canadian government to stem pollution flowing into northwest Montana from British Columbia coal mines.
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June 8, 2021| View More
KLYQ: U.S. Senate Bill Addresses Montana Doctor Shortage
Montana Senator Jon Tester has introduced the "Rural Physician Workforce Production Act" in the Senate to try to get more doctors in rural areas.
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June 7, 2021| View More
Wall Street Journal: Sen. Jon Tester Walks Blue Line in Solid Red Montana
Democrat objects to Biden tax plan on capital gains at death, but signals flexibility on infrastructure deal, filibuster
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June 4, 2021| View More
Billings Gazette: JBS ransomware attack a gut check for Montana ranchers
This week's ransomware attack on the world's largest meatpacker was a gut check for Montana ranchers, still weary after slaughterhouse slowdowns during the previous two years.
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June 2, 2021| View More
KULR8: Letter from U.S. senators calls for DOJ investigation into cattle market
Twenty-eight U.S. Senators, including Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester, wrote a letter requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the meatpacking industry to determine if antitrust violations exist.
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June 2, 2021| View More
Whitefish Pilot: Tester says return to daily Amtrak service a win for Montana’s Hi-Line
This past week brought some much-needed good news for the folks who live and work in Whitefish and across the Hi-Line.
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June 1, 2021| View More
Daily Montanan: Tester touts ARPA relief in Helena trip
Business owner: ‘We would have probably lost everything'
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June 1, 2021| View More
Helena Independent Record: Tester, Rosendale make stops in area on Tuesday
Two of the three members of Montana's congressional delegation were in the area on Tuesday, with Democratic Sen. Jon Tester touting his work to get the American Rescue Plan Act through the Senate and its nearly $1.9 trillion of financial aid into the hands of local governments and businesses
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May 31, 2021| View More
NBC Montana: Tester speaks to Butte veterans, residents at Memorial Day ceremony
On Memorial Day in Butte, veterans and residents alike filled the Vietnam veteran memorial center at Stodden Park to honor those lost.
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May 29, 2021| View More
Havre Daily News: Tester provides update to Hi-Line on bills
Amtrak, veteran health care, law enforcement resources and infrastructure discussed
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May 28, 2021| View More
Great Falls Tribune: Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement Act reintroduced in Congress
Sen. Jon Tester on Thursday reintroduced the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2021 in the Senate.
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May 28, 2021| View More
NBC Montana: Tester, Daines split on Jan. 6 commission votes
Senate Republicans blocked the creation of a bipartisan committee to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol siege, with a 54-35 vote, six votes short of what was needed for it to pass. Montana's U.S. senators split on the vote.
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May 26, 2021| View More
Daily Inter Lake: Kalispell Kicks of Parkline Trail construction
Despite gloomy weather Monday evening, Kalispell's future looked bright at a ceremony celebrating the start of construction on the Parkline Trail.
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May 26, 2021| View More
KYFR: Return of daily service to Empire Builder a win for Montana, Northwestern North Dakota
With passage of the American Rescue plan, it was announced that Amtrak would return to full service. Montana Senator Jon Tester pushed to restore the service and most importantly, bring back employees who were furloughed due to cuts.
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May 26, 2021| View More
NBC Montana: Tester, Daines ask Job Corps to open in-person learning
Montana's U.S. senators, Jon Tester and Steve Daines, filled letters directed toward Anaconda and Trapper Creek Job Corps to reopen in-person learning.
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May 26, 2021| View More
The Valley Journal: $10M bolsters MT mental health, substance use disorder program
Thanks to funding secured in the American Rescue Plan, Montana is set to receive $10,012,392 in community grant funding to support mental health and substance use disorder services, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced.
