April 2021
Friday, April 30
No official Senate events.
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Thursday, April 29
9:00 a.m.
Spoke on the phone with Agriculture Secretary Vilsack
9:30 a.m.
Met virtually with Kevin Fromer, CEO of Financial Services Forum
10:00 a.m.
Attended Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies hearing
10:30 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:45 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing
11:00 a.m.
Met virtually with Scott Osterman, head of the Montana Department of Commerce
11:30 a.m.
Senate Floor session
11:35 a.m.
Met virtually with Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus and Gwen Lachelt
12:00 p.m.
Press interview
12:30 p.m.
Met with Senator Michael Bennet (Colo.)
1:45 p.m.
Senate Floor session
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Wednesday, April 28
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing
10:30 a.m.
Attended Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies hearing
11:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:45 a.m.
Met virtually with Laurel Bitterman, winner of the 2021 Posters on the Hill Competition and student at Montana Technological University
12:05 p.m.
Met virtually with Havre High School history students
12:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
12:45 p.m.
Met virtually with representatives from New York Life Insurance Company
1;00 p.m.
Attended Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Met virtually with representatives from the National Beer Wholesalers Association
2:30 p.m.
Met virtually with representatives from the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias
2:45 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee oversight hearing
3:00 p.m.
Attended Veterans Affairs Committee hearing
3:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
5:05 p.m.
Attended End Citizens United virtual event
5:30 p.m.
Met virtually with the Montana Independent Bankers Association Board of Directors
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Tuesday, April 27
9:15 a.m.
Filmed vaccination PSA with Sen. Daines
9:30 a.m.
Met virtually with Lina Khan, nominee for FTC Commissioner
10:00 a.m.
Attended Defense Subcommittee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate Floor session
12:00 p.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Attended Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Met virtually with Fulbright Program participants
2:15 p.m.
Spoke on the phone with Shalanda Young, Acting Director of OMB
2:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
2:35 p.m.
Attended Commerce Surface Transportation Subcommittee hearing
4:00 p.m.
Press interview
5:00 p.m.
Met virtually with the Montana Sierra Club, Forward Montana, Moms Clean Air Force, Families for a Livable Climate, and League of Women Voters-Montana
5:30 p.m.
Met virtually with the Crow Executive Branch
6:00 p.m.
Attended bipartisan meeting on infrastructure proposals
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Monday, April 26
5:00 p.m.
Met with the Beard Family from Missoula
5:20 p.m.
Met with Senators Sinema (Ariz.), Manchin (W. Va.), and Shaheen (N.H.)
5:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
6:15 p.m.
Staff interview
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Sunday, April 25
No official Senate events.
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Saturday, April 24
No official Senate events.
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Thursday, April 22
9:30 a.m.
Spoke on the phone with General Daniel Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau
10:00 a.m.
Attended remote Banking Committee hearing
10:50 a.m.
Press interview
11:00 a.m.
Met virtually with the Billings West High School AP Government Class
11:30 a.m.
Senate Floor Session
11:35 a.m.
Met virtually with the Montana Electric Cooperatives’ Association
12:00 p.m.
Attended Bipartisan Members meeting on Infrastructure
12:30 p.m.
Attended Veterans Affairs Committee hearing
1:20 p.m.
Press interview
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Wednesday, April 21
9:00 a.m.
Met with General Tod Wolters, Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
11:35 a.m.
Met virtually with BIO Board of Directors
1:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
2:00 p.m.
Press interview
2:30 p.m.
Met virtually with the Montana Association of Secondary School Principals
2:35 p.m.
Attended Commerce Aviation Subcommittee hearing
3:00 p.m.
Attended Veterans Affairs Committee Virtual Roundtable
4:30 p.m.
Met virtually with the Montana School Nutrition Association
5:00 p.m.
Attended Third Way virtual event
5:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
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Tuesday, April 20
9:30 a.m.
Attended Defense Subcommittee hearing
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:15 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing
10:30 a.m.
Attended Appropriations Full Committee hearing
12:15 p.m.
Met virtually with Wounded Warrior Project representatives
12:45 p.m.
Attended Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Spoke on the phone with Lisa Monaco, DOJ Deputy Attorney General Nominee
2:30 p.m.
Met virtually with NCAT/NSAC farmers and ranchers
3:00 p.m.
Attended all-Senators Briefing
4:00 p.m.
Met virtually with representatives from MonTECH (UM’s Assistive Technology Program)
4:30 p.m.
Spoke on the phone with Elsie Arntzen, Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction
5:00 p.m.
Met virtually with The Montana Land Reliance/Land Trust Alliance
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Monday, April 19
5:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
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Sunday, April 18
No official Senate events
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Saturday, April 17
No official Senate events
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Friday, April 16
No official Senate events
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Thursday, April 15
9:30 a.m.
Met with Jamie Dimon, CEO & Chairman of JPMorgan Chase
10:00 a.m.
Attended I AM ALS virtual meeting
10:10 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:20 a.m.
Attended Commerce Communications, Media, and Broadband Subcommittee hearing
10:30 a.m.
Met virtually with Darryl LaCounte, Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); and Bryan Newland, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of BIA
11:40 a.m.
Press interview
12:00 p.m.
Senate Floor session
12:30 p.m.
Met with General Stephen Townsend, Commander, AFRICOM
2:00 p.m.
Spoke on the phone with Dr. Richard Stone, Acting Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration
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Wednesday, April 14
8:15 a.m.
Press interview
9:30 p.m.
Met virtually with Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing
11:00 a.m.
Attended Postal Board of Governors Nominees virtual meeting
11:30 a.m.
Met virtually with Planned Parenthood of Montana
11:45 a.m.
Senate Floor session
12:00 p.m.
Attended Outdoor Businesses virtual fly-in meeting
12:40 p.m.
Met with former Senator Bill Nelson, nominee for NASA Administrator
1:00 p.m.
Attended Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Attended Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing
2:30 p.m.
Recorded video remarks
2:40 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee hearing
3:00 p.m.
Attended Veterans Affairs Committee hearing
3:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
4:00 p.m.
Attended Caucus meeting
4:30 p.m.
Attended Caucus meeting
5:30 p.m.
Spoke on the phone with Acting Indian Health Service Director Elizabeth Fowler
7:00 p.m.
Attended virtual event with Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)
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Tuesday, April 13
9:30 a.m.
Met with Jon Stewart and John Feal of the Feal Good Foundation
10:00 a.m.
Attended Defense Subcommittee hearing
10:15 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:45 a.m.
Spoke on the phone with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks
12:00 p.m.
Attended Railroad Day virtual meeting
12:15p.m.
Met virtually with Richard Sauber, nominee for VA General Counsel
12:45 p.m.
Attended Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Recorded video remarks
2:15 p.m.
Senate Floor session
2:30 p.m.
Met virtually with Dr. Eric Lander, nominee for the Director of the Office of Science & Technology Policy at the White House
2:50 p.m.
Met virtually with Fergus High School AP Government students
3:00 p.m.
Attended Commerce Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion hearing
3:30 p.m.
Press interview
4:00 p.m.
Spoke on the phone with Secretary of the Navy Commander Thomas Harker, Chief of Naval Operation Admiral Martin Filday, and U.S. Marine Corps General David Berger
4:30 p.m.
Attended the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers virtual fly in meeting
5:00 p.m.
Met virtually with Phebe Novakovic, CEO of General Dynamics
5:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
5:35 p.m.
Reviewed FBI file of Richard Sauber, nominee to be VA General Counsel
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Monday, April 12
5:00 p.m.
Met virtually with Vanita Gupta, Nominee for Associate Attorney General
5:30 p.m.
Senate Floor session
6:00 p.m.
Met virtually Montana Primary Care Association’s CEO
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Sunday, April 11
No official Senate events.
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Saturday, April 10
No official Senate events.
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Friday, April 9
No official Senate events.
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Thursday, April 8
No official Senate events.
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Wednesday, April 7
No official Senate events.
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Tuesday, April 6
6:20 a.m.
Press interview
6:50 a.m.
Press interview
8:00 a.m.
Toured the Yellowstone National Cemetery
10:45 a.m.
Met with Lattice Materials in Bozeman
11:30 a.m.
Visited the Bozeman VA Clinic
11:50 a.m.
Attended Coin Recognition Ceremony
12:55 p.m.
Toured the Montana State University Veterans Center
1:15 p.m.
Attended Montana State University Veterans Forum
2:15 p.m.
Press interview
4:05 p.m.
Toured the Southwest Montana Veterans Home in Butte, attended roundtable
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Monday, April 5
1:15 p.m.
Attended lunch with VA Secretary McDonough
2:15 p.m.
Attended leadership briefing and toured the Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow VA Clinic and Benjamin Charles Steele VA Clinic in Billings with VA Secretary McDonough
3:00 p.m.
Attended Coin Recognition Ceremony with VA Secretary McDonough
3:10 p.m.
Met with VA Montana Leadership with VA Secretary McDonough
3:50 p.m.
Attended Veterans Roundtable at MSU-Billings with VA Secretary McDonough
4:55 p.m.
Press interview with VA Secretary McDonough
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Sunday, April 4
No official Senate events.
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Saturday, April 3
No official Senate events.
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Friday, April 2
No official Senate events.
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Thursday, April 1
No official Senate events.
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