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February 24, 2021| View More
Montana Right Now: $5 Million goes toward Head Start Program in Great Falls
From housing to childcare, low income families in Great Falls can struggle to make ends meet. However, they may get a leg up thanks to millions in federal funds going towards a local head start program.
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February 18, 2021| View More
Connecting Vets: Veterans Affairs extends pause on debt collection during coronavirus pandemic
After months of calls from veterans, advocates and Capitol Hill lawmakers, the White House approved further extending the pause on veteran debt collection at the Department of Veterans Affairs during the pandemic, affecting as many as 2 million veterans.
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February 12, 2021| View More
Roll Call: Tester takes helm of Senate’s defense money panel
Moderate Democrat Jon Tester of Montana catapulted on Friday to the chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, senators said.
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February 11, 2021| View More
Missoulian: Interior reverses Land and Water Conservation Fund restrictions
The rules governing federal Land and Water Conservation Fund spending took another turn on Thursday when Biden administration officials undid some last-minute policies installed under the Trump administration.
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February 4, 2021| View More
Billings Gazette: Tester revives 'Spotlight Act' on dark money
U.S. Sen Jon Tester is taking another shot at forcing nonprofits to reveal their large "dark money" donors.
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February 3, 2021| View More
NBC Montana: Tester discusses stimulus proposal talks, first visit to Oval Office
Sen. Jon Tester says it will be several more weeks before a vote on President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan, but he praised the veterans portion of the proposal after a meeting in the Oval Office Wednesday morning.
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February 3, 2021| View More
MTN News: Tester pushes for more vaccines for veterans as VA committee chair
Put U.S. veterans at the top of the COVID vaccine priority list- that was the message delivered to President Joe Biden from Montana Sen. Jon Tester on Wednesday.
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February 2, 2021| View More
NBC Montana: Tester urges President Biden to reverse course on Keystone Pipeline
U.S. Senator Jon Tester is urging President Joe Biden to reconsider his decision to cancel the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and asking him to sit down with stakeholders - including Montana's Tribes - to chart a path forward on the job-creating project together.
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February 1, 2021| View More
Montana Ag Network: Tester asks for fix to farm disaster program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the beginning of the year announced support for farmers impacted by extreme weather in 2018 and 2019.
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January 29, 2021| View More
Helena Independent Record: Tester expects fast impeachment trial, supports Keystone pipeline
Sen. Jon Tester told Helena-area residents Thursday that he expected the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump to move fast, that he still supported the recently scrapped Keystone XL Pipeline and hinted he may get another committee chairmanship, but would not provide further details.
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January 27, 2021| View More
MTPR: Tester Begins Tenure As Veterans' Affairs Chairman
Montana's Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester took over as chair of the Senate's Committee on Veterans' Affairs Wednesday. Tester had been the committee's top-ranking Democrat since 2017, and took over as chairman from Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas.
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January 26, 2021| View More
Great Falls Tribune: 'Honor of a lifetime': Tester to serve as chairman of Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Sen. Jon Tester will serve in the new Congress as chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, which he said is an "honor of a lifetime."
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January 25, 2021| View More
MTN News: MT officials react to Biden’s order revoking Keystone XL permit
President Joe Biden passed a flurry of executive orders on day one in office, including revoking the permit awarded to TransCanada by President Trump for the Keystone XL Pipeline. The new proposed route for the pipeline would have cut through parts of eastern Montana
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January 25, 2021| View More
Washington Post: The rivers run through it, and Jon Tester wants them protected for Montana
More than a dozen crystalline rivers ribbon out of the mountains in the southwest corner of this state, free-flowing through canyons, valleys and prairies before emptying into the Missouri River and helping to sustain a nation.
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January 22, 2021| View More
KULR8: Sen. Tester gives statement following signing of executive order securing supplies for COVID-19 response
An executive order was signed by President Joe Biden Thursday, securing supplies for responding to COVID-19.
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January 19, 2021| View More
KHQ: Senators Daines and Tester visit MT National Guard in DC
Senator Jon Tester and Senator Steve Daines visited Montana National Guardsmen and women at the Capitol Tuesday, thanking them for their service.
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January 19, 2021| View More
KULR8: Tester secures commitment from Transportation Secretary Nominee Pete Buttigieg to prioritize rural America
U.S. Senator Jon Tester met Tuesday with Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for the top position at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), to ensure that he will prioritize rural America, ahead of his confirmation hearing Thursday.
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January 18, 2021| View More
Billings Gazette: Montanans give swift response to Biden plan canceling Keystone XL
Word that President-elect Joe Biden might cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit this week evoked quick a response from Montanans who have fought for years over the Canadian tar sands project.
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January 15, 2021| View More
Havre Daily News: Sen. Tester tours new VA clinic in Havre
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont. visited the soon-to-be-opened Merril Lundman VA Clinic at the Holiday Village Mall Wednesday, and said it is an impressive facility that will make local veterans proud.
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January 13, 2021| View More
Missoula Current: Tester: Members of Congress who enabled deadly insurrection must be held accountable
An opinion piece authored by Sen. Jon Tester received national attention on Tuesday after he called on Congress to do its constitutional duty and hold those who enabled last week's deadly insurrection accountable.
