Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines sent a letter Monday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling for an investigation into China’s role in the coronavirus outbreak, as the deadly disease continues to spread throughout the U.S.

“As you are well aware, China’s initial response to reports of an atypical pneumonia being detected by medical personnel in Hubei province in late 2019 were ham-fisted with government officials hiding cases, punishing doctors who dared to speak-up, and resulted in delays that worsened the impact of COVID-19 on public health and the economies of countries around the world,” Daines wrote in the letter.

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Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines, in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday, pushed for a coordinated international investigation of China’s apparent systematic cover-up of COVID-19, writing it’s important to consider “appropriate punitive actions necessary to hold China accountable.”

The source of the “real harm to our economy”, Daines wrote to Pompeo, needs to be made clear so that Americans can “truly understand why they are making the sacrifices that they are.”

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US Senator Steve Daines announced on March 16 that Montana has received $4.5 million in funds from the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The funds will be used in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak in Montana.

“This critical funding helps protect Montanans and ensures that our communities have the resources necessary to handle the coronavirus outbreak,” Daines said.

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Indian Health Service does not have any coronavirus test kits. U.S. Senator Steve Daines called on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Azar and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor to ensure Indian Health Service (IHS) has the resources needed to provide coronavirus testing for tribal communities.

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But Daines deserves some special credit this week. He has parlayed his relationship with President Trump into a stunning win for the fund, which has provided more than $400 million in projects in Montana.

As recently as last month, Trump had proposed cutting funding for the program. Now, after a meeting with Daines and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the President has tweeted support for full permanent funding for LWCF.

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Republican Sen. Steve Daines went to Conrad on Friday to officially file to serve a second term as to the U.S. Senate seat, saying it was near an area where his relatives planted roots in Montana.

Daines, accompanied by his wife, Cindy, filed for re-election from his cellphone inside the Home Café. Minutes after filing, Daines was endorsed by President Donald Trump via Twitter.

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Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) landed a big endorsement in his 2020 re-election campaign for the US Senate. The Iron Workers District Council of the Pacific Northwest recently sent out a press release announcing their endorsement.

Tom Tanner lives in Arlee, Montana and is the General Organizer for the Iron Workers union who covers the territory of Montana. Here’s what he had to say in the press release announcing the Daines endorsement:

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U.S. Senator Steve Daines recently met with Kandi Christophersen, the 2019 Montana Special Olympics Athlete of the Year from Billings. Kandi has competed in the Special Olympics for 22 years in over 10 different sports, including two trips to the national competition in 2006 and 2010!

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Sen. Steve Daines is supporting a bipartisan proposal brewing in the Senate Finance Committee that would cap annual out-of-pocket costs for seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D.

The proposal, known as the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, has the support of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and the Trump administration.

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Republican Senator Steve Daines video conferenced into a Sidney High School classroom full of students on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12. The students — from social sciences teacher Brad Faulhaber’s class — were eager to ask questions.

The first question proposed to the U.S. senator by a student in the class was about changes he’d like to make to the current healthcare system.

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