Press Releases
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June 26, 2020| View More
Tester Announces $3.4 Million for Helena Regional Airport
Funds will go to reconstruct and repair apron
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June 26, 2020| View More
Tester Announces $150,000 for CSKT Pandemic Response
Senator: “the federal government has an obligation to make sure Montana’s Tribal Communities have the resources they need”
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June 25, 2020| View More
Make Paycheck Protection Program Work for Seasonal Employers, Tester Urges Administration
Senator: “Seasonal businesses need your help”
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June 25, 2020| View More
Tester, Boozman Introduce Legislation to Expand VA Benefits for Vietnam Veterans
Bipartisan legislation would rightfully extend wartime benefits—including pension and healthcare—to Vietnam War veterans previously excluded
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June 25, 2020| View More
Tester Grills FCC Chairman on Plan to Spend Billions on Broadband Expansion without Accurate Coverage Maps
Senator: ‘The potential for wasting money here is just over the top”
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June 24, 2020| View More
Tester Makes Case for CSKT Water Compact at Historic Indian Affairs Committee Hearing
Tester: “This moment has been decades in the making” Senator first sponsored bill to approve Compact and ratify water rights in 2016
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June 24, 2020| View More
Tester Demands Amtrak Protect Rural Jobs and Long Distance Service Amid Pandemic
Senator pushes back against Amtrak proposal to cut 20 percent of employees, reduce service to three days a week
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June 24, 2020| View More
Tester Announces $3.1 Million for Ravalli Head Start
Senator: “These Head Start funds are a lifeline to Montana families in the Bitterroot”
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June 23, 2020| View More
Tester Delivers $1 Million for Montana Task Force to Combat Meth Crisis
Program helps officials prevent the manufacture, distribution of meth
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June 23, 2020| View More
Disabled Vets Will Receive Lifetime Access to National Parks After Tester Bill Unanimously Passes Senate
Ranking Member: “This bill makes our most treasured, beautiful places—in Montana and across the country—freely available to our country’s disabled veterans”
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June 22, 2020| View More
Tester Secures Nearly $1 Million for Montana Health Care Workforce Training
Funding for University of Montana and Montana State University to increase diversity, improve health care access in rural Montana
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June 22, 2020| View More
Tester Announces $4.1 Million for Head Start in Billings, Butte
Senator: “These Head Start funds are a lifeline to Montana families”
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June 19, 2020| View More
Tester Calls for $175 Billion to Help Schools to Reopen, Address Opportunity Gaps
Senator demands leadership increase funding from only $13 billion for education stabilization amid COVID-19 pandemic
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June 18, 2020| View More
Tester Leads Bipartisan Push to Boost Protections for Government Watchdogs Charged with Safeguarding Montanans’ Taxpayer Dollars
Securing Inspector General Independence Act will help IGs conduct oversight, provide government accountability to taxpayers
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June 18, 2020| View More
Tester to Federal Reserve Chair: ‘Are we getting funding to rural America?’
Senator working to ensure critical coronavirus relief funding is making it to Montana small businesses
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June 18, 2020| View More
Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Tester Secures Nearly $300,000 to Help Fort Peck Respond
$286,136 to help public health services prepare for, prevent spread of COVID-19
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June 17, 2020| View More
Tester Holds Roundtable Discussion with Administration and Veterans Service Organization Leaders on Toxic Exposure
Ranking Member seeks path forward to ensure timely care, benefits for servicemembers and veterans exposed to toxins during military service
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June 17, 2020| View More
BREAKING: Tester’s Great American Outdoors Act with Permanent Full Funding for LWCF Passes Senate
Senator: “Today, we made history… a moment Montanans have been working towards for decades”
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