October 2023
Tuesday, October 31
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Indian Health Service: Director Roselyn Tso; Skip Clelland, Chief of Staff; Darren Pete, Legislative Director; Liz Fowler; Jonathan Osbourne; and Maddie Daly
9:30 a.m.
Attended Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senator floor session
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus
2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 pm
Met virtually with leadership from United Airlines: Scott Kirby, CEO; Terri Fariello, Executive VP of Global Govt & Regulatory Affairs; and Erik Prince, Director, Congressional Affairs
3:30 pm
Met with representatives from the Army: Secretary Christine Wormuth; Chief of Staff GEN Randy George; and COL Carter, Legislative Liaison; with Senator Susan Collins
4:15 pm
Met with representatives from the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Tribe: Sherry Treppa, Chairperson; John Williams, General Counsel; Mike Smith and Courtney Cano, Cornerstone Government Affairs
Monday, October 30
3:45 p.m.
Met with Sarah Shannon from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Dean and Professor, Montana State University, Bozeman)
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
6:30 p.m.
Attended meeting with Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog
Friday, October 27
6:30 a.m.
Press interview
7:15 a.m.
Met with Missoula Police Chief Mike Colyer
8:15 a.m.
Met with Rabbi Kula, Rabbi Chezky and Board Members of Har Shalom
9:15 a.m.
Met with Sentinel High School Government students
11:00 a.m.
Hosted event celebrating the passage of bipartisan legislation to protect hunter safety classes
2:00 p.m.
Delivered Remarks at Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act Event
4:15 p.m.
Met with Bitterroot Star Newspaper
Saturday, October 28
9:00 a.m.
Spoke at Montana Farmers Union Annual Conference
Thursday, October 26
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Montana Renewables: Bruce Fleming (CEO) and Jay Driscoll (Forbes Tate)
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee Hearing
11:15 a.m.
Delivered Virtual Remarks at the National Alliance on Mental Illness MT Conference
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
11:35 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Veterans’ Affairs Department: Kurt DelBene, Chief Information Officer; Charles Worthington, Chief Technology Officer; and Darrell Donnelly, Congressional Relations Officer
12:15 p.m.
Rural Press Call
1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, October 25
8:15 a.m.
Montana Constituent Coffee
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:15 p.m.
Press interview
1:15 p.m.
Met with members of the SenateAppropriations Committee
2:00 p.m.
Press interview
2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Delivered floor remarks
3:40 p.m.
Chaired Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearing
5:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Tuesday, October 24
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance: Molly Stockdale (Missoula) and Tiffany Briggs
9:15 a.m.
Met with representatives from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies: Liz Heck, NAMIC Board Chair, CEO of Greater New York Insurance Company; Steve Stogner, CEO of Grange Insurance Association; Randa Rawlins, CEO of Shelter Mutual Insurance Company; Brandon Keller, CEO of Germania Mutual Insurance Association; Neil Alldredge, CEO, NAMIC; Jimi Grande, Senior VP of Federal and Political Affairs; and Anna Buhlinger, Director of Federal Government Affairs
9:45 a.m.
Accepted the Committee for Funding Education’s Patsy Takemoto Mink National Leader Award: Jenny Smulson, President; Emily Jeffries, Vice President; and Sarah Abernathy, Executive Director
10:00 a.m.
Gave remarks at Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing
11:25 a.m.
Phone Call with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
12:30 p.m.
Met with Ethan Mercer (Medical Laboratory Scientist, Kalispell) and Francis Sebastian (Sheridan)
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus
2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:30 p.m.
Met With American Israel Public Affairs Committee board member Howard Friedman, and Deputy Director of Policy and Government Affairs Deborah Saxon.
5:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
Friday, October 20
6:40 a.m.
Press interview
7:05 a.m.
Press interview
8:15 a.m.
Press interview
9:00 a.m.
Gave remarks at the MFPE Educator Conference
11:00 a.m.
Hosted press conference celebrating the passage of bipartisan legislation to protect hunter safety classes
12:15 p.m.
Attended MFPE Educators Conference Social Studies Teachers Session
1:15 p.m.
Met with Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder
2:15 p.m.
Met with the Billings Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, October 19
8:30 a.m.
Attended Senate meeting on AI in Cancer Research and Drug Development
9:35 a.m.
Press interview
9:50 a.m.
Met with Mike Batista, AARP Montana
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from Palantir: Shyam Sankar (Chief Technology Officer) and Ben Klein (Vice President, Government Relations)
1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, October 18
8:15 a.m.
Montana Constituent Coffee
9:20 a.m.
Press interview
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Markup
10:15 a.m.
Chaired Joint Veterans’ Affairs Committee and Armed Services Committee Hearing
12:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
12:45 p.m.
Attended Committee Chairs meeting
2:00 p.m.
Met with Carroll College leadership: Dr. John Cech; Jim Smith, President & Founder, Smith Dawson & Andrews; and Dr. Joseph Castleberry, Northwest University; Ben Odendahl, Senior Counsel, Smith Dawson & Andrews
2:30 p.m.
Delivered virtual remarks at the Central Montana Regional Water Authority Ribbon Cutting for the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System
3:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Oregon Bankers Association: Gordon Zimmerman, President & CEO, Citizens Bank; Jeff Sumpter, President & CEO, Lewis & Clark Bank; Alex Gosline, Senior Vice President/Senior Credit Officer, Heritage Bank; and Alisa Johnston, Senior Vice President, Washington Trust Bank; Joan Reukauf (Chief Operating Officer, People’s Bank of Commerce); Chris Hemmings, Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Summit Bank
3:30 p.m.
Attended All Senator Classified Briefing
Tuesday, October 17
8:30 a.m.
Met with leadership from American Legion: Daniel J. Seehafer, National Commander; Chanin Nuntavong, Executive Director; Julia Mathis, Legislative Director
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Opportunity Financial: Todd Schwartz, CEO and Partner at Schwartz Capital; Marv Gurevich, General Counsel; Fred Castro, Head of Federal Government Relations; and Milan Dalal, Tiger Hill Partners
9:15 a.m.
Met with representatives from the American College of Cardiology: Michael Eisenhauer, Governor, MT ACC, Great Falls; Alexis Harrison, Whitefish; Sheralee Petersen, Executive Clinical Director; and Ryan Wilcox, Director of Fed Relations with Intermountain Healthcare
9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from MT AFL-CIO: Jason Small and Amanda Frickle
10:15 a.m.
Received classified intelligence briefing
11:15 a.m.
Met with leadership from Syngenta: Erik Fyrwald (CEO) and Mary Kay Thatcher (Senior Manager, Federal Government and Industry Relations)
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:45 p.m.
Democratic Caucus
2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:30 p.m.
Attended Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development Hearing
3:30 p.m.
Press interview
4:15 p.m.
Met with Patrick Montalban (Montalban Oil & Gas Operations, Cut Bank) and Mike Cantrell (Cantrell Investments, LLC, & Board Member, National Stripper Well Association)
5:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
Monday, October 16
3:30 p.m.
Met with Lina Sturman (State Youth Ambassador for Montana 4-H) and Howard Sturman
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
5:45 p.m.
Attended Senator Debbie Stabenow’s Michigan Business Leaders meeting
Friday, October 13
1:30 p.m.
Toured Gallatin Valley High School
1:45 p.m.
Met with Gallatin High School Government students
2:45 p.m.
Met with the Downtown Bozeman Association
Tuesday, October 10
5:30 p.m.
All Senators Unclassified Call
Thursday, October 5
9:45 a.m.
Press interview
Wednesday, October 4
8:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Nature Conservancy: Conni French, Malta; Nancy Mackinnon, Wolf Creek; Jan Portman, Ovando; Wym Portman Ovando; John Teller, Blackfoot Valley; Amy Tykeson, Blackfoot Valley; Maud Welles, Big Sky; Jeff Welles, Big Sky; Amy Croover, TNC MT State Director, Bozeman; and Mark Aagenes, Helena
8:15 a.m.
Montana Constituent Coffee
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
9:30 a.m.
Met with General Bryan Fenton, Commanding General of the US Special Operations Command
10:00 a.m.
Chaired Appropriations Committee Classified Briefing
10:30 a.m.
Delivered remarks at Commerce Committee nominations hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:30 p.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Delivered remarks at Commerce Committee hearing
2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Attended classified meeting with the National Reconnaissance Office: Christopher Scolese (Director) and Dr. Troy Meink (Principal Deputy Director); and Senators Mark Warner, Susan Collins, and Marco Rubio
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Tuesday, October 3
9:30 a.m.
Met with leadership from Faradyne Power Group: Curt Pohl, CEO, MT resident; Jose Tost, President; Carlos Tejera, Chief Operating Officer; Former Texas Lt Gov Ben Barnes, CEO, Ben Barnes Group; and Sam Hershman, Legislative Associate, Ben Barnes Group
10:15 a.m.
Met with leadership from Northrup Grumman and Bechtel: Kathy Warden, CEO, Northrup Grumman; Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and CEO, Bechtel; Bob DeGrasse, VP and Manager, Govt Affairs Program, Bechtel; and Michael Costas, General Manager, Defense and Space, Bechtel
2:30 p.m.
Hosted Virtual Roundtable with Edward Jones of Montana: Jared Hauskins, Bozeman; Karen Willett, Bozeman; Wayne Engebretsen, Red Lodge; David Rosulek, Missoula; Joel Pemberton, Whitefish; Brian Haseman, Helena; John Vondra, Billings; Kelley Aline, Great Falls; Kelly Swanson, Bozeman; Hannah Barras, Glasgow; and Jesse Hill
3:00 p.m.
Attended the Swearing-In Ceremony for Senator Laphonza Butler
3:05 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Navy: ADM Lisa Franchetti (Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Acting/Prospective Chief Naval Officer) and CAPT Bill Pennington (Director, Appropriations Matters Office, Office of the Secretary of the Navy)
5:15 p.m.
Delivered Virtual Remarks at the MT Electric Cooperatives’ Association Board of Directors Meeting
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Monday, October 2
3:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Leidos: Tom Bell, CEO; Amy Smith, Vice President of Government Affairs; and Tom Keating, OBC Group