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July 14, 2016| View More
East Rosebud wild and scenic bill headed to Senate floor
Democrat Sen. Jon Tester said in the statement that “this creek should be preserved for future generations.” Republican Sen. Steve Daines said he “will continue working until this legislation becomes law.”
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July 14, 2016| View More
Bill to name Diekmann peak introduced
Montana’s congressional delegation has introduced a bill to name a Madison range peak after a Bozeman conservationist who died earlier this year.
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July 11, 2016| View More
Tester right on GMO labeling
Being the only farmer in the U.S. Senate, one might think it worth listening to Montana’s Sen. Jon Tester when it comes to issues involving food production and the use of genetically modified organisms, better known as GMOs, in the American food chain.
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July 11, 2016| View More
Tester pushes bills to help Forest Service
"These are common-sense pieces of legislature that I think work well, not only for Montana, but the Forest Service and states, particularly in the West,” said Tester.
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July 11, 2016| View More
Tester unveils Wildfire Initiative in Missoula
In response to the budgetary needs of the U.S. Forest Service and cash-strapped counties across the Western U.S., Tester is pushing a series of bills packaged under his new Western Wildfire Initiative.
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July 9, 2016| View More
Tester touts wildfire response bills in Missoula visit
Montana’s senior senator, a Democrat, visited the Neptune Aviation hangar with an update on three bills he’s pushing that are designed to change the way the U.S. Forest Service pays for firefighting, how seasonal firefighters can get better job opportunities and how fire-hit communities can get money for rehabilitation and …
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July 8, 2016| View More
Gazette opinion: Will Senate put vacation before veterans?
It’s good to see that both Montana senators are strong supporters of the Veterans First Act. We call on Tester and Daines to work with their colleagues to overcome all obstacles to passing this bill before July 15.
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July 7, 2016| View More
For the Senate, Transparency Is a S-l-o-w Process
Yet Tester, a pro-gun Democrat who has won two hotly contested (and, for Montana, high-dollar) elections in a coal state, says he yearns for shorter campaigns and less time calling wealthy potential donors. “People think I spend more time on the phone than I do,” he said. “But even spending …
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July 7, 2016| View More
Guest opinion: Senate must break gridlock to put U.S. veterans first
Let’s be clear, it’s my honor and job to help all Montanans, but it shouldn’t take a United States Senator calling the VA to get a veteran life-saving medical care. That’s just plain unacceptable.
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July 6, 2016| View More
Tester confident in ICBM site security
Tester said he is pushing to get the aging Huey fleet replaced, but that the 341st Missile Wing and other missile wings are maintaining nuclear site security throughout the 450-site complex.
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July 6, 2016| View More
Tester, Sanders make last minute push against GMO labeling bill
"It would be great to have a good labeling bill," Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said during a press conference this morning. "Instead we are going to pass a piece of legislation that quite frankly Micky Mouse wouldn't be proud of."
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July 1, 2016| View More
Veteran calls Veterans Choice health program "a nightmare"
Veterans Choice was supposed to let vets in rural areas get in to private clinics and hospitals so they could avoid long drives to VA facilities. But it isn’t working.
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July 1, 2016| View More
Billings airport receives $750k grant to land Dallas route
U.S. Sen Jon Tester made the announcement Thursday evening. The Missoula International Airport will receive $600,000 from the same funding source, the Department of Transportation’s Small Community Air Service Development Program.
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June 30, 2016| View More
CSKT Says Water Compact Hearing A Good Step Forward
Interior had nearly an identical response during the initial presentation of the Blackfeet water rights compact, which was introduced by Senator Jon Tester in 2011. The original bid of that compact came in around $600 million and was negotiated down to just over $400 million.
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June 30, 2016| View More
Billings Logan International receives $1M in funding for improvements.
Critical improvements to five Montana airports secured necessary funding Tuesday. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester announced more than $1.6 million dollars in funding.
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June 30, 2016| View More
County will get $2.5 million in payments
“These payments are critically important to rural communities across Montana,” Montana Sen. Jon Tester said, when announcing the payments last week. “This money builds roads, supports important infrastructure projects, and bolsters local police and fire departments who keep these communities safe. I am happy to see an increase in these …
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June 29, 2016| View More
Tester Frustrated With Senate
"I don’t think what’s going on in Washington, D.C. for a good while now has been healthy for our democracy. I think that this country was built by people setting aside their differences and working together and trying to find compromise where you may not get everything you want, but …
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June 29, 2016| View More
Agencies overjoyed to learn about more cash for AmeriCorps programs
“We hear a lot of talk about making America great again, but talk is cheap,” said Tester, D-Mont., during a conference call along with Wendy Spencer, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and Dan Ritter, executive director of Serve Montana. “AmeriCorps is an amazing organization …
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June 29, 2016| View More
Lawmakers: New helicopters needed now for ICBM security
Montana senators joined others Wednesday in a letter urging the Department of Defense to replace the UH-1N helicopters used at intercontinental ballistic missile bases.
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June 28, 2016| View More
Montana delegation calls for awareness after Crow woman's death
On Tuesday, the Montana politicians introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate to designate May 5, 2017, as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls. Zinke plans to introduce a companion resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives.
