September 2021

Thursday, September 30

9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Tribal Nations in Montana

9:30 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing

11:05 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:30 p.m.
Virtually met with Bill Gates

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus lunch

3:45 p.m.
Senate floor session

4:45 p.m.
Senate floor session

7:33 p.m.
Senate floor session

Wednesday, September 29

9:15 a.m.
Press interviews

10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing

10:30 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Met with Montana Auto Dealers Jeffrey Kayser of Bozeman Toyota and Jim Stanger of Helena Toyota

1:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Teamsters Union representatives Jim Larson of Local 190-Billings and Jessica Wicks of Local 2-Anaconda

1:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Agricultural Business Association

2:00 p.m.
Met with National Guard Association President Roy Robinson

2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

3:00 p.m.
Attended Veteran Service Officer Roundtable with Senator Moran (KS)

5:00 p.m.
Met with Bozeman High School Student Ginny Lewis

5:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

Tuesday, September 28

9:30 a.m.
Met with KPMG CEO Paul Knopp

10:00 a.m.
Virtually attended Banking Committee Hearing

11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Met with Montanans, Bill Underriner, Keri Yoder, and Leah Zins of the American Cancer Society

12:30 p.m.
Press interviews

12:45p.m.
Attended Democratic conference

2:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Apollo Global Management

3:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the InterTribal Buffalo Council

3:25 p.m.
Senate floor session

3:30 p.m.
Met with Montanans, Dwayne Tedrick and Rick Newsome of the United Postmasters and Managers Association

4:00 p.m.
Met with Majority Leader Schumer and colleagues

5:00 p.m.
Met with ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish

5:15 p.m.
Senate floor session

5:30 p.m.
Attended Senate and House of Representatives Joint Air Force Caucus and Defense Appropriations Event

6:00 p.m.
Attended Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Annual Banquet & Auction

6:55 p.m.
Senate floor session

Monday, September 27

10:00 a.m.
Phone call with Department of Energy Secretary Granholm

10:30 a.m.
Phone call with federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Amit Bose

12:00 p.m.
Met with Nominee for the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, James Rodriguez

1:00 p.m.
Met with White House Counsel Jamie Jackson 

2:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

3:00 p.m.
Phone call with National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy

4:00 p.m.
Attended the Fallen Firefighters Congressional Flag Presentation Ceremony

4:45 p.m.
Met with Secretary of Veterans Affairs McDonough and Senator Moran

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

6:00 p.m.
Phone call with Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn

9:15 p.m.
Press interviews

Friday, September 24

10:30 a.m.
Phone call with former Senator Bob Kerrey (NE)

11:00 a.m.
Phone call with Patrick Montalban

11:15 a.m.
Phone call with Fort Belknap Indian Community President Andy Werk

12:00 p.m.
Met with U.S. Army Pacific Commander General Charles Flynn

12:30 p.m.
Press interviews

12:45 p.m.
Press interviews

Thursday, September 23

9:00 a.m.
Met with Nominee for Department of Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary for Enterprise Integration, Guy Kiyokawa

10:00 a.m.
Senate Floor Session

11:45 a.m.
Press interviews

12:15 p.m.
Press interviews

1:15 p.m.
Virtually met with Vanessa Bucklin of New York Life Insurance

1:50 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montanans from Big Sky 55+

2:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives of CEO Climate Action Days

3:00 p.m.
Met with representatives of WBI Energy

3:30 p.m.
Phone call with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Director of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, Dr. Gary Disbrow

4:30 p.m.
Phone call with Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11)

5:25 p.m.
Senate floor session

8:30 p.m.
Press interviews

8:40 p.m.
Senate floor session

Wednesday, September 22

9:00 a.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the League of Conservation Voters and Montana Conservation Voters

9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance

10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Hearing

11:20
Senate floor session

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

1:00 p.m.
Virtually attended National Farmers Union Press Conference

2:00 p.m.
Press interviews

2:45 p.m.
Senate floor session

3:30 p.m.
Met with President Biden

4:45 p.m.
Press interviews

5:30 p.m.
Met with Majority Leader Schumer and colleagues

6:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

7:30 p.m.
Phone call with Western Senators

Tuesday, September 21

8:00 a.m.
Met with Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday and Captain Bill Pennington

9:30 a.m.
Press interviews

10:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Amazon

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

10:50 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee Hearing

11:50 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Met with Majority Leader Schumer and colleagues

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic conference

2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:40 p.m.
Met with Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro

3:00 p.m.
Attended Commerce Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion hearing

3:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from Indian Impact Schools of Montana

3:45 p.m.
Phone call with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dennis McDonough

4:00 p.m.
Met with Appropriations Committee Democrats

4:30 p.m.
Phone call with representatives from the Montana AFL-CIO

5:00 p.m.
Virtually met with Montana School Board Association

6:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

7:00 p.m.
Attended Major League Baseball annual event

Monday, September 20

4:15 p.m.
Press interviews

5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session

6:00 p.m.
Met with Senator Durbin

Friday, August 17

6:30 a.m.
Press interviews

7:25 a.m.
Press interviews

9:00 a.m.
Press interviews

10:15 a.m.
Met with Billings Schools Superintendent Greg Upham

11 a.m.
Attended Bipartisan COOL event

12:00 p.m.
Met with Pub Station owner Sean Lynch

1:00 p.m.
Phone call with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough

3:15 p.m.
Press interviews

4:00 p.m.
Visited Spika Design and Manufacturing in Lewistown

Thursday, September 16

12:30 p.m.
Attended Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill event

1:30 p.m.
Press interviews

2:45 p.m.
Received National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Hero Award

3:30 p.m.
Met with the members of the Montana Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday, September 15

9:15 a.m.
Phone call with Forest Service Chief Randy Moore

9:45 a.m.
Press interviews

10:20 a.m.
Met with Senator Warner (VA)

11:00 a.m.
Met with Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Hyten, and Department of Defense Comptroller Mike McCord

2:00 p.m.
Phone call with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acting Director Martha Williams

Tuesday, September 14

9:15 a.m.
Met with Missoula constituents and veterans John Lazarowicz and Dennis Radtke

10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee Hearing

11:55 a.m.
Senate floor session

12:00 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

12:30 p.m.
Virtually met with representatives from the Montana Sierra Club

12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus Meeting

2:20 p.m.
Senate floor session

2:30 p.m.
Virtually met with group of Montana dentists

3:00 p.m.
Met with Vice Chancellor of Syracuse University and Founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families Dr. Michael Haynie

3:30 p.m.
Press interviews

4:30 p.m.
Virtually met with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell

5:00 p.m.
Senate floor session

5:10 p.m.
Virtually met with Howard Friedman of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee

5:30 p.m.
Met with Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly

6:10 p.m.
Press interviews

Monday, September 13

5:30 p.m.
Senate Floor Session

6:00 p.m.
Met with Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Senator Shelby (AL)

Thursday, September 9

3:00 p.m.
Virtually attended White House briefing on Wildfires, Drought, and Extreme Heat with Biden Administration officials and colleagues

3:30 p.m.
Virtually met with members of the Banking Committee

Wednesday, September 8

8:00 a.m.
Press interviews

8:15 a.m.
Press interviews

8:40 a.m.
Press interviews

Thursday, September 2

7:15 a.m.
Press interviews

7:35 a.m.
Met with Dean of Great Falls College Stephanie Erdmann

8:25 a.m.
Press interviews

9:00 a.m.
Met with Great Falls Community Leadership

11 a.m.
Attended Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill event

12:00 p.m.
Met with President of the Montana Farmers Union Walter Schweitzer

12:30 p.m.
Virtually met with members of the Indian Affairs Committee

1:00 p.m.
Met with Montana Electric Cooperatives Association

3:30 p.m.
Virtually met with members of the Banking & Housing Committee

Wednesday, September 1

9:00 a.m.
Press interviews

9:20 a.m.
Press interviews

1:30 p.m.
Unclassified call on Afghanistan with Biden Administration officials

7:00 p.m.
Virtually Met with U.S. Senate Committee Chairs