February 2022

Monday, February 28

4:00 p.m.
Press interviews

4:15 p.m.
Press interviews

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

6:00 p.m.
Attended National Association of Broadcasters State Leadership Conference Reception

7:15 p.m.
Attended All Senators Classified Briefing on Ukraine

Friday, February 25

8:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Bear Paw Development in Havre

9:00 a.m.
Met with Havre and Hill County Elected Officials

10:00 a.m.
Press interviews

10:45 a.m.
Press interviews

11:30 a.m.
Met with MSU-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegal

12:45 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Line

Thursday, February 24

8:35 a.m.
Phone call with Senator Moran (KS)

10:00 a.m.
Phone call with Defense Deputy Secretary Hicks

3:00 p.m.
Joined unclassified Senators only briefing with Secretary of State Blinken, Defense Secretary Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Milley, and Treasury Secretary Yellen

Wednesday, February 23

7:15 a.m.
Press interviews

8:00 a.m.
Toured the Kalispell Veterans Center

9:00 a.m.
Attended Flathead Young Professionals Roundtable

10:30 a.m.
Attended Bipartisan Infrastructure Law event

11:00 a.m.
Press interviews

12:00 p.m.
Met with Columbia Falls Mayor Don Barnhart and City Manager Susan Nicosia

1:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from Epirus Montana

Tuesday, February 22

6:00 a.m.
Press interviews

6:30 a.m.
Press interviews

7:30 a.m.
Met with Missoula-area State Senators and Representatives

10:00 a.m.
Attended Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Missoula Airport

10:45 a.m.
Press interviews

11:15 a.m.
Press interviews

1:15 p.m.
Toured Missoula County Public Schools Meat Processing Program

Friday, February 18

10:30 a.m.
Phone call with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain

2:45 p.m.
Press interviews

3:15 p.m.
Press interviews

Thursday, February 17

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

11:30 a.m.
Met with Senator Moran (KS)

12:15 p.m.
Press interviews

12:30 p.m.
Met with Nicole Rolf & Wes Jensen of the Montana Farm Bureau

12:45 p.m.
Democratic Policy and Communications Committee meeting with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain

1:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:00 p.m.
Virtually met with the Montana Primary Care Association

3:00 p.m.
Attended the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines virtual town hall with CEO Kris Williams

5:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

Wednesday, February 16

9:15 a.m.
Press interviews

9:30 a.m.
Met with United Launch Alliance CEO Tony Bruno

11:05 a.m.
Press interviews

11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session

11:45 a.m.
Virtually met with Wounded Warrior Project CEO General Mike Linnington

12:00 p.m.
Met with Cascade County Commissioner Joe Briggs

12:30 p.m.
Met with G20 Bipartisan Group and Mayor Mitch Landrieu

1:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

1:45 p.m.
Met with Steve Rayman

2:00 p.m.
Press interviews

2:30 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee business meeting

2:45 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee hearing

3:00 p.m.
Met with Senator Moran (KS) and Veterans Affairs Inspector General Mike Missal

3:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

4:00 p.m.
Met with Puyallup Tribe of Washington Chairman Bill Sterud and Councilwoman Monica Miller

5:00 p.m.
Met with Elliott Management Chief Financial Officer Steven Barg, and Head of Public Policy Brian Gunderson

5:30 p.m.
Virtually met with the Montana Grain Growers Association

Tuesday, February 15

9:30 a.m.
Met with Montanans Dwayne Tedrick & Rick Newsome of the United Postmasters and Managers Association

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

10:30 a.m.
Attended Defense Appropriations Subcommittee classified briefing

12:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

12:30 p.m.
Press interviews

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting

2:15 p.m.
Attended Banking Committee markup

3:30 p.m.
Press interviews

4:00 p.m.
Attended Montana Association of Counties Annual Montana Congressional Delegation Reception

Monday, February 14

10:00 a.m.
Met with Missoula County Commissioners David Strohmaier, Josh Slotnick, and Juanita Vero

11:00 a.m.
Met with AFGE Local 3570 President Katherine Foley and Vice President Tina Burke, and VBA Vice President Jean Ketchell

12:00 p.m.
Press interviews

12:45 p.m.
Press interviews

2:00 p.m.
Met with Roche Enterprises Founder & President Robert Roche and Business Forward Foundation President Jim Doyle

3:00 p.m.
Phone call with Interior Assistant Secretary Brian Newland

3:30 p.m.
Attended classified briefing

5:45 p.m.
Senate floor session

Friday, February 11

9:00 a.m.
Attended classified briefings at the Defense Intelligence Agency

11:00 a.m.
Attended Department of Defense briefings on the status of the F-35 Program in Crystal City, VA

2:00 p.m.
Visited the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command in Fort Detrick, MD

Thursday, February 10

9:10 a.m.
Virtually attended National Rural Health Association Policy Institute event

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

11:00 a.m.
Senate floor session

11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:30 p.m.
Met with Enlisted Association of the National Guard of Montana President Dennis Stoner

1:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

1:45 p.m.
Phone call with Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel LeVine

2:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Habitat for Humanity Missoula Executive Director Heather Harp

4:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Glenn Close, Senator Stabenow (MI), and Montanans Dr. Collette Kirchoff, Nurse Practitioner Beth Sirr, Montana Primary Care Association CEO Cindy Stergar, Shodair Hospital CEO Craig Aesved, Community Health Partners Executive Director Lander Cooney, State Representatives Mary Caferro and Mary Ann Dunwell, and Erin Taylor of the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office Crisis Intervention Team

5:50 p.m.
Press interviews

Wednesday, February 9

8:30 a.m.
Attended the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Annual Legislative Summit Congressional Briefing

9:15 a.m.
Press interviews

10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing

10:30 a.m.
Press interviews

11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:45 p.m.
Met with U.S. Senate Committee Chairs

2:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montana Rural Health Advocates

2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:30 p.m.
Met with Jon Stewart

2:30 p.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

4:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Small Business Development Center

4:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

5:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Special Olympics

6:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

Tuesday, February 8

8:45 a.m.
Met with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

9:30 a.m.
Phone call with Defense Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks

10:00 a.m.
Virtually attended Banking Committee Listening Session

11:30 a.m.
Virtually met with Carroll College President John Cech, and representatives from the National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities

11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montana Taxpayer Advocate Office Director Paul Harper

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting

2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:30 p.m.
Met with Flathead Valley Community College President Jane Karas and Board Chair Pete Akey

2:45 p.m.
Senate floor session

3:25 p.m.
Press interviews

4:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montanan Joy Breslauer, and representatives from the National Federation of the Blind

4:30 p.m.
Virtually met with Montana Home Care Workers Anna Volkersz, Celeste Thompson, and Winie Schafer, and representatives from the SEIU and NDWA

5:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

Monday, February 7

9:00 a.m.
Met with Vietnam Veterans of America

10:00 a.m.
Virtually met with Montana Delegates of the United States Senate Youth Program, Chase Alexander Casey and Melaina Springer

11:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Fleet Reserve Association and accepted the “Pinnacle Award”

1:30 p.m.
Met with Democratic colleague

2:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Major General Hronek

2:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the American Seniors Housing Association

3:00 p.m.
Met with Buzz Mattelin of the National Barley Growers Association

3:35 p.m.
Phone call with White House Counsel Dana Remus

4:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp, and Environmental Defense Fund Board Member from Montana Kirsten Feldman

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

Friday, February 4

10:15 a.m.
Virtually met with Red Lodge High School AP Government Students

11:05 p.m.
Press interviews

1:30 p.m.
Phone call with Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams

Thursday, February 3

8:15 a.m.
Phone call with Defense Deputy Secretary Hicks

8:45 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

10:00 a.m.
Met with General Nakasone and Colonel Carter

11:00 a.m.
Attended classified briefing

11:40 a.m.
Press interviews

12:15 p.m.
Press interviews

12:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

1:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montanan Lisa Werner and representatives from the Joint National Committee on Languages

2:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from Raytheon and Pratt & Whitney

2:30 p.m.
Met with Montanan Kali Linder

2:40 p.m.
Met with Senator Joe Manchin (WV)

Wednesday, February 2

10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee markup

11:00 a.m.
Senate floor session

1:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

2:30 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee hearing

2:40 p.m.
Senate floor session

3:00 p.m.
Attended Veterans Affairs Committee business meeting

4:30 p.m.
Met with Decision Sciences Board Chairman Stuart Robin and Customs & Border Patrol Veteran Pat Simmons

5:15 p.m.
Met with Democratic colleagues

6:30 p.m.
Attended University of Chicago Institute of Politics virtual discussion

7:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

Tuesday, February 1

10:00 a.m.
Phone Call with Department of Defense Comptroller, Undersecretary Mike McCord

11:30 a.m.
Press conference

11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:15 p.m.
Phone call with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting

2:15 p.m.
Senate floor Session

2:20
Press interviews

2:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the League of Conservation Voters and the Montana Conservation Voters

3:30 p.m.
Virtually met with the American Pulse Association’s Dry Pea & Lentil Council

4:00 p.m.
Virtually met with DTE Energy Executive Chairman Gerry Anderson, Ameren Corporation Chairman, President, and CEO Warner Baxter, NorthWestern Energy CEO Bob Rowe, and representatives from the Edison Electric institute

5:00 p.m.
Hosted Virtual Town Hall

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session