CATCongressional Accountability Tracker

Steve Daines

RepublicanMT · Senator

40

Total Statements

30

Floor Speeches

10

Press Releases

14

Topics Covered

What They Talk About

Foreign Policy: 14Taxes: 14Immigration: 12Agriculture: 6Environment: 6Infrastructure: 5Trade: 4Housing: 4Healthcare: 4China: 2Labor: 2Veterans: 2Crime & Justice: 2Voting Rights: 2

Speech Tone

Neutral: 32Urgent: 4Bipartisan: 2Ceremonial: 2

Statements (40)

Press Release2026-03-27TaxesForeign Policy

Daines Honors Montanans of the Month: 2026 Winter Paralympians Katie Verderber, Jack Berry, and Michael Kneeland

Daines Honors Montanans of the Month: 2026 Winter Paralympians Katie Verderber, Jack Berry, and Michael Kneeland U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines recognized Katie Verderber, Jack Berry, and Michael Kneeland as Montanans of the Month for representing the Treasure State in the 2026 Mi...

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Floor Speech2026-03-26S1665S1666

TRIBUTE TO TEAM USA'S KATIE VERDERBER, JACK BERRY, AND MICHAEL KNEELAND

TRIBUTE TO TEAM USA'S KATIE VERDERBER, JACK BERRY, AND MICHAEL KNEELAND Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S1665-S1666] From the Congressional Record Online through the Governmen...

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Floor Speech2026-03-26Foreign PolicyChinaTradeS1665S14

TRIBUTE TO FRED WACKER

TRIBUTE TO FRED WACKER Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1665] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] ADDITIONAL STATEMENT...

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Floor Speech2026-03-26Foreign PolicyChinaTradeS1665S14

TRIBUTE TO FRED WACKER

TRIBUTE TO FRED WACKER Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S1665] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] ADDITIONAL STATEMENT...

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Floor Speech2026-03-26S1665S1666

TRIBUTE TO TEAM USA'S KATIE VERDERBER, JACK BERRY, AND MICHAEL KNEELAND

TRIBUTE TO TEAM USA'S KATIE VERDERBER, JACK BERRY, AND MICHAEL KNEELAND Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S1665-S1666] From the Congressional Record Online through the Governmen...

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Press Release2026-03-25TaxesEnvironmentForeign Policy

Daines Urges Colleagues to Confirm Katie Lane as Next Federal Judge for the District of Montana in Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

Daines Urges Colleagues to Confirm Katie Lane as Next Federal Judge for the District of Montana in Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing urging his colleagues to support Katie Lane’s nomination to...

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Press Release2026-03-24ImmigrationTaxesForeign Policy

Daines on Fox News: Stop the Nonsense, End the DHS Shutdown

Daines on Fox News: Stop the Nonsense, End the DHS Shutdown “Our Airports Look Like Walmart on Black Friday” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Martha McCallum on Fox News to discuss his meeting at the White House to end the DHS shutdown. Watch the full interview...

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Press Release2026-03-19TaxesEnvironmentForeign Policy

Daines in Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: We Need to Build Nuclear Energy in Montana

Daines in Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: We Need to Build Nuclear Energy in Montana WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Theodore Garrish, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy and Dr. John Wagner, Director at the Idaho National L...

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Press Release2026-03-18ImmigrationTaxesForeign Policy

Daines on Fox Business: “We Should Not Allow Democrats to Use a Shutdown to Put Pain on the American People”

Daines on Fox Business: “We Should Not Allow Democrats to Use a Shutdown to Put Pain on the American People” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss Senator Markwayne Mullin’s hearing to be DHS Secretary and the effects of the D...

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Floor Speech2026-03-17HealthcareForeign PolicyTradeS1066S1088

SAFEGUARD AMERICAN VOTER ELIGIBILITY ACT

SAFEGUARD AMERICAN VOTER ELIGIBILITY ACT Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S1066-S1088] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov...

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Press Release2026-03-17TaxesForeign PolicyInfrastructure

Daines Urges Colleagues to Support His Bills Protecting Montana’s Water Security and Infrastructure

Daines Urges Colleagues to Support His Bills Protecting Montana’s Water Security and Infrastructure WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing and urged his colleagues to support four of his bills: the “Lower Yellowst...

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Floor Speech2026-03-17HealthcareForeign PolicyTradeS1066S1088

SAFEGUARD AMERICAN VOTER ELIGIBILITY ACT

SAFEGUARD AMERICAN VOTER ELIGIBILITY ACT Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S1066-S1088] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov...

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Press Release2026-03-17TaxesForeign Policy

Daines, Hickenlooper Introduce Bill to Protect Water Access, Reauthorize CWMP

Daines, Hickenlooper Introduce Bill to Protect Water Access, Reauthorize CWMP WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) today introduced the “Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act.” The bill reauthorizes the Cooperative Watershed M...

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Press Release2026-03-12TaxesEnvironmentForeign Policy

Daines in Senate Indian Affairs Committee: Complete the Fort Belknap Water Settlement, Support Montana’s Hi-Line

Daines in Senate Indian Affairs Committee: Complete the Fort Belknap Water Settlement, Support Montana’s Hi-Line WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with the Department of the Interior Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Cameron in a Senate Indian Affairs Commit...

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Press Release2026-03-11TaxesEnvironmentForeign Policy

Daines in Senate Indian Affairs Committee: Complete the Fort Belknap Water Settlement, Support Montana’s Hi-Line

Daines in Senate Indian Affairs Committee: Complete the Fort Belknap Water Settlement, Support Montana’s Hi-Line WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with the Department of the Interior Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Cameron in a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearin...

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Press Release2026-03-10TaxesForeign PolicyInfrastructure

Daines, Sheehy, Zinke Send Letter Urging FAA to Include Bozeman Airport in New Pilot Program

Daines, Sheehy, Zinke Send Letter Urging FAA to Include Bozeman Airport in New Pilot Program WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, as well as Representative Ryan Zinke (MT-01), today sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to express support for t...

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Floor Speech2026-03-09TaxesHousingAgricultureHR6644S939

Text of Senate Amendment 4394

Text of Senate Amendment 4394 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 43 (Monday, March 9, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 43 (Monday, March 9, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S939-S941] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4394. Mr. D...

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Text of Senate Amendment 4394

Text of Senate Amendment 4394 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 43 (Monday, March 9, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 43 (Monday, March 9, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S939-S941] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4394. Mr. D...

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Floor Speech2026-03-05TaxesHousingAgricultureHR6644S894

Text of Senate Amendment 4354

Text of Senate Amendment 4354 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S894-S896] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4354. M...

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Text of Senate Amendment 4354

Text of Senate Amendment 4354 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 42 (Thursday, March 5, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S894-S896] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 4354. M...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20S1291

Text of Senate Amendment 1148

Text of Senate Amendment 1148 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1148...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1155

Text of Senate Amendment 1155 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1155...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationS1291S1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1151

Text of Senate Amendment 1151 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S1291-S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] ...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1152

Text of Senate Amendment 1152 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1152...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1153

Text of Senate Amendment 1153 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1153...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20S1291

Text of Senate Amendment 1147

Text of Senate Amendment 1147 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1147...

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Text of Senate Amendment 1151

Text of Senate Amendment 1151 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S1291-S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] ...

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Text of Senate Amendment 1147

Text of Senate Amendment 1147 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1147...

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Text of Senate Amendment 1148

Text of Senate Amendment 1148 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1148...

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Text of Senate Amendment 1149

Text of Senate Amendment 1149 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1149...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1153

Text of Senate Amendment 1153 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1153...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1155

Text of Senate Amendment 1155 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1155...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationEnvironmentCrime & JusticeS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1154

Text of Senate Amendment 1154 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1154...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20S1291

Text of Senate Amendment 1150

Text of Senate Amendment 1150 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1150...

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Text of Senate Amendment 1150

Text of Senate Amendment 1150 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1150...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationEnvironmentCrime & JusticeS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1154

Text of Senate Amendment 1154 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1154...

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Floor Speech2025-02-20ImmigrationS1292

Text of Senate Amendment 1152

Text of Senate Amendment 1152 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1152...

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Text of Senate Amendment 1149

Text of Senate Amendment 1149 Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1291] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1149...

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Floor Speech2025-01-16HealthcareS223

TRIBUTE TO TREVICK UDELHOVEN

TRIBUTE TO TREVICK UDELHOVEN Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S223] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] TRIBUTE TO TR...

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TRIBUTE TO TREVICK UDELHOVEN

TRIBUTE TO TREVICK UDELHOVEN Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S223] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] TRIBUTE TO TR...

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