July 2024
Thursday, July 11
9:30 a.m.
Attended Appropriations Committee Markup
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:05 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing
10:15 a.m.
Met with students from Montana 4-H representing Glasgow
11:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Future Farmers of America: Jayla Wise; Ella Lund (Chapter Vice President); Krista Corpron (advisor); as well as students representing Missoula, Big Timber, and Kalispell FFA
11:45 a.m.
Press interview
12:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
12:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Northrop Grumman: Kathy Warden (CEO); Lesley Kalan and Erin Pierce
1:00 p.m.
Phone call with Billings Assistant Police Chief Neil Lawrence
1:15 p.m.
Phone call with Terry Baker (Vice President, NW Montana Vietnam Veterans of America)
1:30 p.m.
Phone call with Audrey Wharton (rising senior majoring in Political Science at Montana State University)
1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, July 10
8:15 a.m.
Montana Constituent Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Attended Steering Committee Roundtable Discussion with Tribal Leaders
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
11:00 a.m.
Delivered remarks urging passage of the Major Richard Star Act with the Wounded Warrior Project
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:45 p.m.
Met with Senate Leadership
2:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation: Cyndi Johnson (President) and Nicole Rolf (Senior Director of Government Affairs)
2:30 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee Legislative hearing
2:43 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:45 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Montana School Superintendents: Joel Grave (Superintendent, Lincoln County); Brad Moore (Superintendent, Lewistown); Hannah Nieskens (Superintendent, Whitehall); Dale Olinger (Superintendent, Lolo); Mike Perry (former Superintendent, Arlee); Rob Watson (Executive Director, School Administrators of Montana and former Superintendent, Missoula)
3:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Space Nuclear Power Corporation: Andy Phelps (CEO); Patrick McClure (COO); and Katie Cullen
4:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
Tuesday, July 9
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Attended classified briefing
12:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
12:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Charles Schwab: Rick Wurster (President); Peter Crawford (CFO); Peter Morgan (General Counsel); Peter Roberson MD (Legislative and Regulatory Affairs); Anna Harrington (Managing Director, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Chief Regulatory Counsel) and Shannon Finley
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus
2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from PennyMac Financial Services: David Spector (Chairman & CEO); Oliver Rubinstein (Chief of Staff); William Chang (Chief Investment Officer); and Brad Cheney
5:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Monday, July 9
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
6:00 p.m.
Attended reception in honor of the Canada-U.S. Relationship hosted by Ambassador of Canada to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau