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March 4, 2020 | View More Tester-Led Effort for Full, Permanent Funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund Gains Traction in Senate After years leading the push to protect our nation’s public lands and Montana’s $7.1 billion outdoor recreation economy, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today celebrated the ... February 20, 2020 | View More As Lack of Affordable Housing Continues to Escalate Across Montana, Tester Works to Find Solutions at Housing Summit As more and more Montana families struggle to find safe, affordable housing, U.S. Senator Jon Tester hosted an Affordable Housing Summit in Helena today aimed ... December 17, 2019 | View More BREAKING: Senate Sends Little Shell Recognition to President’s Desk After Tester, Daines Efforts Following more than a century of efforts by Tribal members and dedicated efforts by U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines, federal recognition of the ... December 10, 2019 | View More Tester Secures Key Montana Priorities in Annual Defense Bill, Including at Malmstrom & for Veterans A number of key defense priorities spearheaded by U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) were included in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) ... 1 2 3 4 5 Press Releases Headlines Videos Schedule March 17, 2020 | View More In Response to COVID-19, Tester Announces Economic Disaster Assistance for 30 Montana Counties U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) declared an Economic Injury Disaster Loan declaration for 30 Montana counties in response to the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which will provide much-needed economic support for Montana's main street businesses. March 17, 2020 | View More Following Tester Pressure, IHS Backs Down & Agrees to Make Weber Report Summary Public Following the Indian Health Service (IHS) announcement today that it will make available to Congress a redacted version of its report on the decades of abuse perpetrated by Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber and that it will release the report's redacted executive summary to the public, U.S. Senator Jon Tester pushed … March 17, 2020 | View More Tester Calls on Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management to Help Rural Areas with COVID-19 Response U.S. Senator Jon Tester is joining a bipartisan group of colleagues calling on federal agencies-including the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management-to mobilize their employees to assist with COVID-19 response in rural counties and tribal communities. March 17, 2020 | View More On Senate Floor, Tester to McConnell: ‘Millions of Americans are waiting for the Senate to act’ on Coronavirus Package U.S. Senator Jon Tester today took to the Senate floor to urge the Senate to quickly pass the House's bipartisan coronavirus relief package, which will provide critically needed resources for Montana's efforts to combat the outbreak, and he excoriated Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for allowing the Senate to take … March 16, 2020 | View More Senate Passes Bipartisan Tester-Moran Fix to Protect GI Bill Benefits as Universities Close Due to Coronavirus The U.S. Senate tonight passed Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester's bipartisan bill, which would allow veterans on the GI Bill to continue receiving full benefits as universities move classes online to prevent the spread of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. RSS | View More Press Releases January 17, 2020 | View More SIDNEY HERALD: With 5G around the corner, Tester tells FCC they can’t leave rural America behind Voicing his frustration with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) consistent failure to bring rural America up to speed with mobile wireless service, U.S. Senator Jon Tester grilled agency officials on their strategy to implement a proposal that aims to bring 5G services to rural communities during this week’s Senate Commerce … January 13, 2020 | View More HAVRE DAILY NEWS: Tester secures $1M for Rocky Boy Head Start The office of Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Friday he secured secured more than $1 million for Head Start programs on Rocky Boy’s Reservation. January 3, 2020 | View More VOICE OF AMERICA: The Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana is Homeless No More For decades, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana have lived in a state of neitherness — neither completely Native American nor non-Native American. But last month, its 5,400 members received a gift they have waited decades for -- federal recognition. The Little Shell … December 26, 2019 | View More HAVRE DAILY NEWS: Tester calls for quickly restoring ticket agents in Havre, Shelby Amtrak stations U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is doubling down on his efforts to restore ticket agents in some Amtrak stations including in Havre and Shelby. December 26, 2019 | View More HAVRE DAILY NEWS: NAMI Montana honorees include Tester, Windy Boy The National Alliance on Mental Illness Montana has released its list of Montana Heroes for their work on dealing with mental illness, with two local lawmakers on the list. RSS | View More Headlines March 17, 2020 | View More Tester to McConnell: ‘Millions of Americans are waiting for the Senate to act’ on Coronavirus Package March 4, 2020 | View More Tester-Led Effort for Full, Permanent Funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund Gains Traction February 20, 2020 | View More As Lack of Affordable Housing Continues to Escalate Across Montana, Tester Works to Find Solutions at Housing Summit February 14, 2020 | View More Tester Slams Trump Nominee for Extreme Views on Public Land, Postal Service, and Amtrak Privatization January 23, 2020 | View More As Workforce Shortages Threaten Rural Broadband Progress, Tester Demands FCC Find Ways to Recruit Personnel RSS | View More Videos Wednesday, March 11th 8:15 a.m. Attended Montana Coffee 9:00 a.m. Met with Reg Hageman of the Society of Health and Physical Educators 9:15 a.m. Press interview 9:40 a.m. Met with Sheryl Scheafer, President of Montana PTA 9:45 a.m. Met with damon Borden (Spokane Valley) and Stuart Ellison (Belgrade) representing the National Association of Convenience Stores 10:00 a.m. Attended Commerce Committee hearing 10:10 a.m. Attended Joint Veterans Affairs Committee hearing 12:00 p.m. Met with Commissioner Heather O'Loughlin (Helena), Kelly Lynch (Helena), and Cyndy Andrus (Bozeman) representing the National League of Cities 12:15 p.m. Met with Roei Ganzarski, CEO of magnix USA, Inc. and Chariman of the Board for Eviation 12:20 p.m. Senate floor session 12:30 p.m. Attended Caucus meeting 2:00 p.m. Met with Randy Hiebert (Butte) representing Montana Emergent Tech and the Clean Energy Business Network 2:30 p.m. Attended Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development hearing 3:30 p.m. Met with jim Brown (Helena), Ken McKamey, Dave McEwen, Kevin Halverson, and other representatives of the M...