Press Releases
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April 29, 2022| View More
Tester Celebrates Grand Opening of New VA Clinic in Butte
Chairman helped secure state-of-the-art facility in federal funding bills to better serve southwest Montana veterans
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April 29, 2022| View More
Tester Works to Strengthen Borders with Two Bipartisan Bills: Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act & Border Patrol Pay Security Act
Senator’s legislation to recruit and retain additional CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents
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April 28, 2022| View More
Tester Takes to Senate Floor to Ring the Alarm about Agriculture Consolidation, Urge Congressional Action
Senator’s legislation will increase competition and transparency in agriculture markets, giving fairer prices to producers and consumers
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April 26, 2022| View More
At Senate Agriculture Committee, Tester Testifies in Support of His Bipartisan Anti-Consolidation Legislation
Senator’s Meat Packing Special Investigator Act and Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act considered in Committee
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April 26, 2022| View More
Tester Secures Funding for Six Montana Irrigation Projects
The funding will come from his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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April 25, 2022| View More
Tester Pushes for Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Seniors, Support for Community Pharmacies
Bipartisan letter asks Office of Management and Budget to swiftly review Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposal to lower costs for older Montanans, support community pharmacies
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April 22, 2022| View More
Tester Secures $19.3 Million for Wildfire Mitigation in Kootenai National Forest
Funding comes from Senator’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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April 21, 2022| View More
Tester Secures More Than $1.5 Million for Fish Passage Projects in Montana
This year, nearly $38 million from Senator’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will support diverse community and aquatic conservation needs
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April 21, 2022| View More
Tester Announces $127 Million in Second Round of American Rescue Plan Funding for Montana Water Infrastructure Projects
Senator was the only statewide elected official in Montana to support the American Rescue Plan and its investments
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April 20, 2022| View More
Tester, Moran Urge Transparency and Timely Action on VA Caregivers Program
Senators to VA Secretary McDonough: “we urge VA to clarify the terms and timeline of the suspension and the status of current applicants and participants in the Program as soon as possible.”
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April 20, 2022| View More
Tester Visits Old Salt Co-Op In Helena to Talk American Rescue Plan Funding he Secured for 30 Montana Ag Small Businesses
Tester Secured Funding for Old Salt Co-Op and 29 Other Montana Ag Small Businesses through the American Rescue …
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April 19, 2022| View More
Tester Backs Legislation to Increase Funding for Montana Law Enforcement
Senator’s Invest to Protect Act would create simplified grant program for local law enforcement agencies with under 200 officers
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April 19, 2022| View More
Tester Announces VA Grants for Montana Organizations Combatting Veteran Suicide
VA accepting applications for new program established under Chairman’s landmark Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act
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April 18, 2022| View More
Tester Urges Border Patrol to Fully Open Ports on Northern Border
Senator pushes to return to pre-pandemic hours at all Montana ports of entry
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April 15, 2022| View More
Tester Secures More Than $14 Million to Support County Services and Rural Schools in Montana
Secure Rural Schools program provides critical funding for rural schools, roads, and other services from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
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April 15, 2022| View More
Tester Delivers Second Round of American Rescue Plan Funding for Montana Water Infrastructure Projects
Senator was the only statewide elected official in Montana to support the American Rescue Plan and its investments
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April 15, 2022| View More
In Great Falls, Tester Talks Housing Crisis and Congratulates New Homeowners Through NeighborWorks’ Owner Built Homes Program
Senator pushed to continue funding Owner Built Homes Program
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April 15, 2022| View More
Tester Secures More Than $30 Million for Montana Public Transit through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Funding to support public transportation and job growth in urban, rural parts of state
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April 14, 2022| View More
Tester Secures $1.3 Million for Rural Montana Hospitals through American Rescue Plan Act
Big Horn Hospital Association, Community Hospital of Anaconda, Powder River County, Prairie County Hospital District, receive Emergency Rural Health Care Grants
