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May 18, 2022| View More
CNN: First on CNN: Senators announce bipartisan deal on long-sought bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits during military service
The two top-ranking senators on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on Wednesday announced a long-sought bipartisan deal on a comprehensive bill that could help millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service.
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May 18, 2022| View More
NBC Montana: Tester announces bipartisan agreement on toxic exposure legislation
Sen. Jon Tester and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) announced a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive legislation to deliver all generations of toxic-exposed veterans health care under the Department of Veterans Affairs for the first time in the nation's history.
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May 18, 2022| View More
Washington Post: Lawmakers reach deal to help vets exposed to toxic burn pits
Senate lawmakers Wednesday reached bipartisan agreement on legislation to expand health care and disability benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service.
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May 9, 2022| View More
NBC Montana: Amtrak restores daily service across Montana's Hi-Line
The Empire Builder across Montana's Hi-Line is back in business as Amtrak restores its daily service after cutting back during the pandemic.
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May 6, 2022| View More
NBC Montana: Funding secured for Basin Creek Watershed fuel mitigation
A fuel mitigation project in the Basin Creek Watershed will help reduce beetle-killed pine trees near the Basin Creek Reservoir. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester secured U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore's commitment to funding the project later this year.
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May 6, 2022| View More
Havre Daily News: Tester talks meat packing in press call
Montana Sen. Jon Tester held a rural press call Thursday primarily about his and his colleagues' recent efforts to curtail anticompetitive practices and consolidation in the meat packing industry.
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May 5, 2022| View More
Sidney Herald: Tester speaks on two bills aimed at fair market value for beef
Jon Tester, U.S. Senator for Montana, held a press call concerning two bills he is co-sponsoring which are intended to help even the playing field between beef producers, packing houses and consumers.
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May 3, 2022| View More
The Kansan: We need to listen to Democrat Jon Tester
This week a Democrat from Montana has been demanding, and getting, a little bit of attention. And it is attention that Kansas needs him to get.
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May 2, 2022| View More
KPVI: Under The Dome
As a part of his continued effort to lower prescription drug costs for Montana seniors and support community pharmacies, U.S. Senator Jon Tester led a bipartisan group of Senators in urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to swiftly review the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed …
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April 29, 2022| View More
Montana Right Now: ‘One-stop shop’: Butte VA Clinic holds grand opening
Dozens of people - some in military uniforms and white gloves, some in winter coats and winter gloves - braved the snowy, below-freezing day on April 29 to celebrate the grand opening of the Butte Veteran Affairs Clinic.
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April 28, 2022| View More
TIME: Why This Bipartisan Group of Senators Has Beef with the ‘Big Meat’ Industry
Over the past three decades, as the largest four beef-packing firms have amassed control of 82% of the U.S. beef market, independent cattle ranchers like her have born the brunt of an increasingly exploitative power dynamic: With so few buyers in the market, they can either sell off their livestock …
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April 28, 2022| View More
NBC Montana: Lawmakers address rising meat prices, issues facing cattle ranchers
Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana spoke on the Senate floor Thursday about issues facing the agriculture industry as well as what Congress needs to do to ensure fairer prices for producers and lower costs for consumers.
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April 27, 2022| View More
The Washington Post: Lawmakers question beef executives over soaring food prices
Two bills aim to reduce food prices and help ranchers, but critics say big beef companies are being scapegoated
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April 26, 2022| View More
The Hill: Meatpacking CEOs set to take heat from Congress amid soaring prices
The CEOs of several meatpacking companies are expected to come under tough questioning from lawmakers Wednesday at a House hearing where soaring food prices are likely to take center stage.
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April 26, 2022| View More
KLYQ: A Funding Flood for Montana Water Projects
Helping fish and helping humans in Montana was the focus of recent water project funding announcements. The native bull trout will get a helping hand...er...fin with projects in five Montana counties.
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April 25, 2022| View More
Daily Inter Lake: $19.3M pegged for wildfire mitigation on Kootenai Forest
The Kootenai Complex Project targets areas surrounding Libby, Troy, Eureka, Stryker, Fortine and Trego in Lincoln County. Forestry work on 7,200 acres - including thinning, prescribed burns and planting - is expected to be completed over the next few years, with an initial 900 acres being treated by the end …
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April 21, 2022| View More
Helena Independent Record: Montana cattle ranches hope to parlay federal aid into larger market share
With a little help from Sen. Jon Tester in the form of $150,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds, a band of local ranchers intends to rustle a larger share of the cattle market away from the nation's four major meat packing companies.
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April 21, 2022| View More
KBZK: Tester calls for return to regular hours for Canadian border crossing stations
Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is pressing the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB) to return to normal hours of operation for the border stations that control traffic into Canada, saying it's "critical" for the economy, especially in rural communities.
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April 19, 2022| View More
KLYQ: Sen. Tester Wants Northern Border Fully Opened
Montana's northern next door neighbor is Canada. And, even though pandemic restrictions are ending elsewhere, the ports of entry are still not completely opened. Montana Senator Jon Tester wants that changed. He has written to the Border Patrol for action. Read More: Senator Jon Tester Wants Northern Border Fully Opened | …
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April 17, 2022| View More
NBC Montana: Montana receives $30 million in transportation funding
Montana's rural and urban public transportation will receive $30 million this year, according to Senator Jon Tester's office.
