March 2022

Thursday, March 31

8:00 a.m.
Met with Department of Defense Secretary Austin, Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Hicks, Department of Defense Comptroller Mike McCord, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Christopher Grady and Committee Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, House Armed Services Committee, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense

9:30 a.m.
Met with Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senators Grassley (IA) and Fischer (NE)

10:00 a.m.
Met with Fortress Investment Group Founder & CEO Wes Edens, and Chief Financial Officer Chris Guinta

10:30 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

12:00 p.m.
Virtually met with University of Montana Forest Planning Students

12:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

1:00 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from Goodwill Industries including Montanan Mitch Tropila

1:15 p.m.
Met with Montanan and President of Joint Operation Mariposa David Williams and Vice President Heather Allen

1:30 p.m.
Met with White House Senior Counsel Anjali Phillips

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Wednesday, March 30

8:30 a.m.
Met with Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Colonel Geoffrey Van Epps and Senior Executive Beth Coffey

9:00 a.m.
Met with Huntington Ingalls President and CEO Chris Kastner

9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Rural Water Board including President Kevin Durocher, Vice President John Demarais, National Director Allen Kelm, Director Joe Voss, and Executive Director John Camden

10:00 a.m.
Met with high school students from Libby, Ennis, White Sulphur Springs, and Cut Bank

11:00 a.m.
Met with National Forest Service Deputy Chief Chris French and Senator Heinrich (NM)

11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Organic Trade Association including Doug Crabtree of Vilicus Farms in Havre and Nathaniel Powell-Palm of Cold Springs Organic in Bozeman

12:30 p.m.
Phone call with Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources Services Administrator Carole Johnson

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

2:00 p.m.
Virtually met with SeaCast Co-Owners Mike & Burt Robins & SeaCast Vice President Ty Ueland

2:15 p.m.
Met with Chief of the Navy Reserve Vice Admiral John Mustin

3:00 p.m.
Attended Senators Only Classified Briefing on Ukraine

4:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

5:15 p.m.
Met with Montana Department of Administration Division of Banking & Financial Institutions Commissioner Melanie Hall

6:40 p.m.
Spoke virtually at the International Association of Fire Fighters Executive Leadership Graduation

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Tuesday, March 29

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

10:30 a.m.
Attended Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing

11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Met with Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Navajo Nation Veterans Affairs Administration Executive Director James Zwierlein

12:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the National Guard Youth Foundation

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus Meeting

2:00 p.m.
Met with Ambassador of Sweden Karin Olofsdotter, Swedish Defense Counselor Mr. Magnus Bergman, Finland’s Deputy Chief of Mission Mr. Jani Raappana, and Swedish Political Counselor Bjorn Fagerberg

2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:30 p.m.
Met with the President of the Montana Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors Rick Kindsvatter

3:00 p.m.
Met with Jon Stewart, John Feal, and Veterans Affairs Committee Democrats

3:30 p.m.
Attended Veterans Affairs Committee hearing

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

5:35 p.m.
Met with representatives from Western Native Voice & the Western Organization of Resource Councils

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Monday, March 28

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

5:35 p.m.
Phone call with Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall

4:45 p.m.
Met with Commerce Committee Democrats

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Friday, March 25

3:50 p.m.
Press interviews

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Thursday, March 24

7:15 a.m.
Met with Veterans Affair Secretary Denis McDonough and Senators Brown (OH) and Blumenthal (CT)

9:30 a.m.
Met with White House Senior Deputy Associate Counsel Alex Haskell

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:15 p.m.
Press interviews

1:00 p.m.
Met with uAvionix President Christian Ramsay

1:45 p.m.
Met with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Former Senator Doug Jones (AL)

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Wednesday, March 23

9:10 a.m.
Press interviews

9:45 a.m.
Met with high school students from Roundup, Terry, Twin Bridges, Shields Valley, and Broadwater

10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing

10:30 a.m.
Senate floor session

11:30 a.m.
Met with Federal Reserve Board Governor Miki Bowman

12:15 p.m.
Press interviews

1:00 p.m.
Met with National Guard Bureau Chief, General Daniel Hokanson and Legislative Director, General April Vogel

1:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana TRIO Delegation

2:00 p.m.
Press interviews

2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

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

3:00 p.m.
Attended Veterans Affairs Committee hearing

7:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

8:00 p.m.
Met with Senators Stabenow, Grassley and Fischer

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Tuesday, March 22

9:30 a.m.
Attended Armed Services Committee hearing

10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Executive Session

10:15 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

11:30 a.m.
Phone call with SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry

12:00 p.m.
Met with Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog and Minister for Congressional Affairs Shahar Shelef

12:35 p.m.
Met with Missoulian Reporter Skylar Rispens and Montanan Isiah Dunk

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting

2:00 p.m.
Met with Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon

2:30 p.m.
Met with Montanans Susie & Cody Graetz, and Allen Christianson

3:00 p.m.
Met with Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan

3:30 p.m.
Met with DISH Founder & Chairman Charlie Ergen and Executive Vice President Jeff Blum

3:55 p.m.
Senate floor session

4:00 p.m.
Met with Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart and VOX Space President and CEO Brigadier General Mark Baird

4:30 p.m.
Met with Western Area Power Administration Administrator Tracy LaBeau and Senior Vice President and Assistant Administrator for Corporate Liaison Dionne Thompson

5:00 p.m.
Phone call with Jenn Patrick of the Milk River Irrigation Project

6:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

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Monday, March 21

5:25 p.m.
Press interviews

5:35 p.m.
Senate floor session

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Saturday, March 19

8:10 a.m.
Press interviews

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Friday, March 18

6:45 a.m.
Press interviews

7:10 a.m.
Press interviews

7:45 a.m.
Met with representatives from Leadership Bozeman and Rotaract

8:45 a.m.
Met with Maryam Amiri and John Drake

9:45 a.m.
Toured Community Health Partners Medical Clinic

11:00 a.m.
Attended the opening of the Travis W. Atkins VA Clinic in Bozeman

11:45 a.m.
Press interviews

12:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from SporeAttic LLC

2:00 p.m.
Toured Montana Instruments

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Thursday, March 17

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

11:10 a.m.
Press interviews

11:30 a.m.
Met with the President and CEO of The Joint Commission

11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Baltic Delegation including the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament Mr. Marko Mihkelson, the Ambassador of Estonia H.E. Kristjan Prikk, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Latvian Parliament Mr. Rihards Kols, the Ambassador of Latvia H.E. MÄ?ris Selga, the Chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lithuanian Parliament Ms. Laima Andriekene, and the ambassador of Lithuania H.E. Ms. Audra Plepyte

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Policy and Communications Committee meeting with Montanan Ryan Busse

1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:00 p.m.
Scott Bosse, Zack Waterman, and Jessy Stevenson of American Rivers, Kevin Colburn of American Whitewater, Charles Drimal and Ryan Cruz of Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Kristin Gardner of the Gallatin River Task Force, Dane Rider of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Lisa Ronald of the UM Wilderness Institute, Sheena Pate of the Flathead Rivers Alliance, Jim Klug of Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures, and Hilary Hutcheson of Lary’s Fly and Supply

2:30 p.m.
Met with students from Chinook High School

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Wednesday, March 16

9:00 a.m.
Attended Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s virtual address to Congress

10:00 a.m.
Press interviews

10:15 a.m.
Met with The Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and the Chief of Staff of the Army General James McConville

10:50 a.m.
Met with Montana Woolgrowers, Ben Lehfeldt of Lavina, and Calli Michaels of Dillon

11:55 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:30 p.m.
Met with U.S. Senate Committee Chairs

2:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Claude Smith of Big Sandy Organics and Paddy Flemming of Montana State University

2:30 p.m.
Met with the Rugemer family of the Mountain Mamas

3:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

3:00 p.m.
Press interviews

3:30 p.m.
Attended Senators Only Classified Briefing on Ukraine

4:00 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs oversight hearing

5:00 p.m.
Virtually attended PIRG Right to Repair event

6:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

7:00 p.m.
Attended Banking Committee Markup

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Tuesday, March 15

10:15 a.m.
Met with Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus

11:00 a.m.
Virtually met with EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker

11:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, including Karla Bird of Blackfeet Community College, Richard Littlebear of Chief Dull Knife College, Emerson Bull Chief of Little Big Horn College, David Yarlott of Little Big Horn College, Sandra Booham of Salish Kootenai College, and Cory Sangrey-Billy of Stone Child College

12:00 p.m.
Virtually met with students from a Beartooth Home Educators Government Class

2:30 p.m.
Attended Banking Committee Oversight hearing

3:25 p.m.
Press interviews

4:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

4:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Indian impacted Schools of Montana

5:00 p.m.
Met with Senate colleagues

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

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Monday, March 14

10:30 a.m.
Met with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra

12:15 p.m.
Virtually met with University of Montana Student Nick Mills

1:00 p.m.
Virtually met with government students from Sheperd High School

1:45 p.m.
Press interviews

2:00 p.m.
Met with The Wilderness Society President Jamie Williams

2:30 p.m.
Virtually met with Little Shell Tribe Chairman Gerald Gray

3:30 p.m.
Virtually met with Providence Health Chief Executive for Montana Region Joyce Dombrowski and Executive Director of Federal Relations Jacquelyn Bombard

4:15 p.m.
Press interviews

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

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Thursday, March 10

10:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the CSKT including Martin Charlo, Jennifer Finley, Jimmy Malatare, and Shane Morigeau

11:00 a.m.
Met with Blackfeet Nation Chairman Timothy Davis

11:45 a.m.
Press interviews

12:15 p.m.
Press interviews

12:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Disabled American Veterans

12:45 p.m.
Phone call with Jon Stewart

1:00 p.m.
Met with Democratic colleagues and EU Ambassadors

2:15 p.m.
Press interviews

2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:35 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from American Rivers, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, American Whitewater, Gallatin River Task Force, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, UM Wilderness Institute, Flathead Rivers Alliance, Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures, and Lary’s Fly & Supply

3:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Billings City Administrator Chris Kukulski and Assistant City Administrator Kevin Iffland

4:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

5:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montana State Veteran Students

8:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

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Wednesday, March 9

8:30 a.m.
Addressed the American Bankers Association Summit

9:00 a.m.
Attended Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Retreat

3:30 p.m.
Phone call with Montana State University President Dr. Waded Cruzado

3:35 p.m.
Phone call with University of Montana President Seth Bodnar

3:40 p.m.
Phone call with Montana Tech Chancellor Dr. Les Cook

3:45 p.m.
Phone call with Ben Kohler of Universal Technical Resource Services

3:50 p.m.
Phone call with Resodyn Corporation President and CEO Larry Farrar

3:55 p.m.
Phone call with Reveal CEO Garrett Smith

4:00 p.m.
Phone call with S2 Corporation CEO Kris Merkel

4:05 p.m.
Phone call with UAvionix President Christian Ramsey

4:10 p.m.
Phone call with the University of Montana’s Mansfield Center Director Deena Mansour

4:15 p.m.
Phone call with Gary Wiens of Montana Rural Electric Cooperatives

4:20 p.m.
Phone call with Bruce Fleming of Calumet Specialty Products Partners

4:35 p.m.
Addressed McAleese & Associates 13th Annual Defense Programs Conference

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Tuesday, March 8

8:30 a.m.
Attended International Association of Fire Fighters reception

9:15 a.m.
Met with Dean of the Montana State University (MSU) College of Agriculture Dr. Sreekala Bajwa, Director of MSU Extension Dr. Cody Stone, Montanan Dale Schuler, and MSU Director of Government Affairs Janelle Booth

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

10:30 a.m.
Attended Joint Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting

2:00 p.m.
Met with the President of the Edison Electric Institute Tom Kuhn, the President and CEO of Edison International Pedro Pizarro, and President and CEO of Ameren Warner Baxter, and NorthWestern Energy CEO Bob Rowe

2:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Professional Firefighters including President George Richards, Secretary/ Treasurer Scott DeMarois, Dave Maslowski, Joel Gaertig, Carter Marsh, and Lori Johnson

3:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Bankers Association including CEO Cary Hegreberg, Board Chair Jake Pelczar, Mike Seppala and Katie Edwards of Western Security Bank, Desiree and Brian Elkin of Summit National Bank, and Bill Bickle of Stockman Bank of Montana

4:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montanans Cory Stalling and Dave Stalling of the Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy

4:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate

4:50 p.m.
Senate floor session

5:00 p.m.
Met with Representatives from the Oregon Bankers Association

5:30 p.m.
Phone call with White House Counsel Dana Remus

5:40 p.m.
Met with FDIC Acting Chairman Marty Gruenberg

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Monday, March 7

4:00 p.m.
Phone call with Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

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Saturday, March 5

7:30 a.m.
Attended Senators Only Zoom Meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

2:00 p.m.
Attended Montana High School Mock Trial Competition

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Friday, March 4

4:30 p.m.
Met with Amanda Curtis of the MFPE and James Holbrook of the Montana AFL-CIO

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Thursday, March 3

9:00 a.m.
Met with the Executive Director of the University of Montana’s Mansfield Center Deena Mansour

9:30 a.m.
Met with Montanan and Past Director of the National Association of School Nurses Karen Graf, and current Board Member Erica Harp

10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee markup

10:15 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing

11:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

12:15 p.m.
Press interviews

12:30 p.m.
Press interviews

12:45 p.m.
Press interviews

1:00 p.m.
Met with Montana Potato Growers Tim Venhuizen of Manhattan, Dan Lake of Ronan, Laci Holbrook of Twin Bridges, and Mark Klompien of the United Potato Growers of America

1:15 p.m.
Virtually met with the President & CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County Brian Dennis

1:30 p.m.
Virtually met with Montanans Dan Karlin and Mike Kynett of the American Society of Civil Engineers

2:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:15 p.m.
Press conference

2:45 p.m.
Met with JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes

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Wednesday, March 2

9:30 a.m.
Classified phone call with CIA Director William Burns

10:30 a.m.
Virtually met with the Commander of the Montana Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, Colonel Spencer Gilchrest and Government Relations Advisor Major John Burrows

11:00 a.m.
Virtually met with representatives from Intermountain West Joint Venture

11:30 a.m.
Met with Montanans from the National Association of Secondary School Principals including Joel Graves of Lincoln County High School, Justin Helvik of Bozeman High School, Sheri Heavrin of Broadwater County High School, Stacy Lemelin of Billings Meadowlark Elementary, Kim Ray of Great Falls Morningside Elementary, Nicole Trahan of Billings McKinley Elementary, Ted Miller of Columbia Falls Jr High, Kirk Miller of School Administrators of MT, and Matt Lewis of Lewistown Garfield Elementary

12:00 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from Montana PBS and Friends of Montana PBS Board of Directors

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

2:00 p.m.
Attended Joint Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing

2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

4:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Department of Transportation

5:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from Montana Credit Unions

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Tuesday, March 1

9:00 a.m.
Met with Montanan and National Senior Commander of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Joe Parsetich and Commander for Montana DAV Ken Weinheimer

10:00 a.m.
Attended Joint Senate and House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing

12:00 p.m.
Met with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral John Aquilino

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting

2:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Broadcasters Association

3:00 p.m.
Virtually attended the Montana Association of Counties Winter Conference

3:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the Sugarbeet Growers Association

4:00 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities Coalition and Transportation Energy Partners

4:30 p.m.
Virtually met with Avery Durfee of Sweet Grass County High School

5:00 p.m.
Met with Basin Electric CEO and General Manager Todd Telesz

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