December 2022
Tuesday, December 27
6:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
Thursday, December 22
8:00 a.m.
Senate floor session
10:00 a.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, December 21
8:00 a.m.
Press interview
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
10:00 a.m.
Phone Call with Under Secretary Donald Cravins, Commerce Department Minority Business Development Agency
11:00 a.m.
Attended virtual award presentation and received the 2022 Champion of Early Cancer Detection Award
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:00 p.m.
Press interview
1:00 p.m.
Press interview
4:00 p.m.
Press interview
7:30 p.m.
Attended President Zelensky’s Address to Congress
8:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Tuesday, December 20
11:15 a.m.
Attended Senator Patrick Leahy’s farewell speech
12:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:15 p.m.
Attended Banking Committee official photograph of the 117th Congress
2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:15 p.m.
Press interview
4:45 p.m.
Spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Local Assistance Fairness Act
5:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
7:30 p.m.
Participated in Montana AFL-CIO Virtual Roundtable Discussion
Friday, December 16
1:00 p.m.
Phone Call with Navy Undersecretary Erik Raven
5:30 p.m.
Press interview
Thursday, December 15
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:30 a.m.
Met with Lieutenant Commander Samuel Mills of Belgrade
12:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
12:15 p.m.
Press interview
12:30 p.m.
Press interview
1:00 p.m.
Press interview
2:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
5:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, December 14
9:00 a.m.
Attended Steering Committee
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
10:00 a.m.
Attended Reception for Passage of the Senator Johnny Isakson VA Regional Office Act
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:55 a.m.
Press interview
12:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
1:00 p.m.
Met with Senator Murray, Charlie Bourg Charlie Monroe, and Ed Meagher
2:00 p.m.
Met with Jennifer Homendy, Chair, National Transportation Safety Board, Joseph Schmoll, and Brian Oszakiewski
2:30 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee business meeting
2:45 p.m.
Attended Law Enforcement Caucus’ annual holiday appreciation event for Capitol Police
3:30 p.m.
Attended Senator Shelby’s farewell speech
4:15 p.m.
Meet with Doug Pulak, Veterans Affairs Committee Fellow
5:00 p.m.
Hosted Virtual Town Hall
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
5:45 p.m.
Attended Wounded Warrior Project Inaugural Congressional Holiday Reception
Tuesday, December 13
9:15 a.m.
Met with Senator-Elect Peter Welch (D-VT)
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing
11:00 a.m.
Met with Sara Medley, CEO, Mountain-Pacific Quality Health
12:00 p.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Democratic Members meeting
12:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
12:30 p.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:15 p.m.
Attended Banking Committee Executive Session
2:20 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:25 p.m.
Press interview
Monday, December 12
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Sunday, December 11
7:05 a.m.
Press interview
Friday, December 9
6:30 a.m.
Press interview
7:15 a.m.
Press interview
7:45 a.m.
Attended Montana Organic Association Conference
8:00 a.m.
Discussion with Dr. Elnahal and providers at Benjamin Charles Steele VA CBOC
10:00 a.m.
Hosted Care in the Community town hall
11:00 a.m.
Press interview
11:15 a.m.
Held statewide press call with Dr. Elnahal
12:15 p.m.
Spoke at the Inter Tribal-Language Summit
3:00 p.m.
Hosted mental health roundtable
4:00 p.m.
Hosted rural provider roundtable
Thursday, December 8
7:00 a.m.
Met with Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Bonneville Power Administration: John Hairston, Administrator & CEO and Sonya Baskerville, Manager, DC Office of National Relations
9:30 a.m.
Attended Democratic Organizing Caucus meeting for the 118th Congress
10:00 a.m.
Attended Air Force 2022 Legislative Fellow celebration
11:00 a.m.
Met with Josh Waldo, Fire Chief, Bozeman; Mark Neimeyer, Fire Chief, Boise, ID & Western Fire Chiefs President; and Bob Horton, Chief, White City, OR
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
11:40 a.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Attended DPCC lunch with Heather Cox Richardson, Professor of History at Boston College and author of the newsletter, “Letters from an American”
1:30 p.m.
Gave remarks virtually at Leadership Missoula Government and Politics Day
1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, December 7
9:00 a.m.
Attended Steering Meeting with labor leaders : Liz Shuler, President, AFL-CIO; Becky Pringle, President, NEA; Randi Weingarten, President, AFT; Lee Saunders, President, AFSCME; and Marc Perrone, International President, UFCW
10:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Philips North America: Kimberly Mingo, VP, Government Sales and Business Strategy
10:15 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Executive Session
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:00 p.m.
Attended 100th Anniversary for the Senate Congressional Liaison Service – Department of Veterans Affairs
1:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Vanguard: Tim Buckley, Chairman & CEO and Rick Delfin, Global Head of Regulatory and Public Policy
1:40 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Attended all Senators classified briefing
4:30 p.m.
Met with Leader Schumer
5:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
5:30 p.m.
Attended Democratic retirement dinner honoring Senator Leahy
6:45 p.m.
Met virtually with Rob Saldin’s political science class at the University of Montana
Tuesday, December 6
9:30 a.m.
Met with David Brooks, Executive Director of Montana Trout Unlimited; Colin Cooney, MT Representative, Trout Unlimited; Corey Fisher and Robert Catalanotto, Trout Unlimited; Michael Black Wolf, Historic Preservation Officer, Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes; Dan Belcourt, Counsel for the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes; Rich Janssen, CSKT Department Head of Natural Resources
11:30 a.m.
Phone Call with Jerome Powell, FEC Chairman
12:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting and met with Crew-3 NASA astronauts
2:00 p.m.
Attended Veterans’ Affairs Committee Toys for Tots event
2:20 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Attended Working Group listening session
3:30 p.m.
Presided over the Senate floor
4:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Monday, December 5
3:00 p.m.
Met with Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation and Rob Moller, Branch Chief of Government Affairs
3:30 p.m.
Met with Bryan Humphries, CEO, Cognizant
5:30 pm
Senate floor session
Saturday, December 3
4:00 p.m.
Appeared virtually at the Montana Cattlemen’s Association Annual Conference
Friday, December 2
9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from Jobs for Montana’s Graduates: Anna Williams, Scobey; Harley Edwards, Glasgow; Destiny Cheuvront, Plains; and Ava Metcalfe, Whitefish Independent
12:00 p.m.
Met virtually with representatives from the Space Force Association: Bill Woolf, President & Founder and General Joseph Lengyel
Thursday, December 1
9:15 a.m.
Met with representatives from the InterTribal Buffalo Council: Ervin Carlson, Blackfeet; Majel Russell, Crow; and Georgette Boggio, Crow
10:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Global Medical Response: Michael Preissler, FRO; Ted Van Horne, COO; Ed Racht, Chief Medical Officer; Rob Hamilton, President – Alliances; and Thomas Cook, General Counsel
10:15 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:45 p.m.
Attended DPCC meeting with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
12:50 p.m.
Phone call with Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough
2:15 p.m.
Met with students participating in the Department of Labor Leadership Summit: Franklin Fudge, Anaconda, and Leroy Wingo, Trapper Creek
2:20 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Coalition of Large Tribes: Counsel Dion Killsback and Councilman Marvin Weatherwax (Blackfeet Nation); Sunshine Nicholson Shawn Ironmaker, Jennifer Weddle, Del Laverdure, Councilman Tracy King (Fort Belknap Indian Community); Chairman Kevin Killer (Oglala Sioux Tribe); Wilson Pipestem and Chairman Richard French (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)