May 2023
Wednesday, May 31
8:00 a.m.
Met with Mariel Butan, Executive Director, Morningstar Learning Center, Big Sky
8:15 a.m.
Montana Constituent Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from the National Guard: GEN Daniel Hokanson, Chief, GEN April Vogel, Legislative Director, and Andrew Pruitt, Senate Director
9:30 a.m.
Conducted FBI File Review for Tanya Bradsher, nominee, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs with Matt Rosenbaum, White House Counsel
10:00 a.m.
Met with students from Belt High School
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
12:45 p.m.
Press interview
1:00p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:00 p.m.
Chaired Veterans’ Affairs Committee nomination hearing
Tuesday, May 30
5:20 p.m.
Met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Monday, May 29
12:30 p.m.
Met with Glacier County Commissioners Mary Jo Bremner and Vernon Billadeaux and Chief Financial Officer Chancy Kittson
2:00 p.m.
Spoke at Montana State Veterans Memorial Day Ceremony in Great Falls
Thursday, May 18
9:00 a.m.
Met with National Council of Urban Indian Health/Helena Indian Alliance Board Members: Renee Mulcahy, Michael Touchette, Jayden Tripp, Roberta TwoTeeth, and Jason Smith, Director
9:30 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
12:15 p.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Met with students from Pine Creek School, Livingston
1:15 p.m.
Press interview
1:50 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, May 17
8:00 a.m.
Met with Shannon, Columbus; Bill Hogan, Roberts; and Kirk Hogan
8:15 a.m.
Attended Montana Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Met with MT Independent Bankers: Shawn Dutton, Roundup; Tim Schreiber, Florence; Kenny Martin, Helena; Loren Brown, Helena; Scott Mizner, Bozeman; and Chantel Nash, Helena
9:15 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Women Donors Network charitable organization
9:45 a.m.
Met with representatives from the American Hotel and Lodging Association: Shelli Man, General Manager, Boothill Inn & Suites, Billings; Stephen Wahrlich, Owner/General Manger, Best Western Plus Clocktower Inn, Billings; Matt Campbell, COO & CLO, My Place Hotels, Aberdeen, SD; and Matt Carrier
10:00 a.m.
Met with Senator Jack Reed
10:45 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Bank Policy Institute
11:30 a.m.
Spoke at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors
11:45 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:45 p.m.
Attended Chairs meeting
2:00 p.m.
Press interview
2:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from the American Property Casualty Insurance Association: Brad Dantic, General Counsel, ALPS, Missoula
2:30 p.m.
Gave remarks virtually at the MT State Building & Construction Trades Council Convention
3:00 p.m.
Chaired Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing
5:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
5:30 p.m.
Attended Senate Indian Affairs Committee and Congressional Native American Caucus’ Presentation of Paramount’s “1923” and “Yellowstone”
Tuesday, May 16
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Wounded Blue: Jennie Hill, Executive Director; Randy Sutton, President & Founder; Heidi & Ladd Paulson, Billings; and Janine D’Agustini, Vice President, How 2 Love Our Cops
9:15 a.m.
Met with Anne Fogel, Bozeman, and Malphine Fogel
9:30 a.m.
Met with representatives from the Fort Belknap Indian Community: President Jeff Stiffarm, Attorney Dan Belcourt, Attorney Rollie Wilson and Attorney Maurisa Bell
10:00 a.m.
Chaired Defense Appropriations Subcommittee classified hearing
10:45 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee hearing
12:15 p.m.
Met with Tanya Bradsher, nominee to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:00 p.m.
Attended full Appropriations Committee hearing
2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
3:30 p.m.
Press interview
Monday, May 15
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Thursday, May 11
7:45 a.m.
Attended Federal Advisory Council informal roundtable discussion
8:45 a.m.
Met with representatives from Globestar: Jay Monroe, Executive Chairman, Barbee Ponder, General Counsel
9:00 a.m.
Attended Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing
9:45 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee markup
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
11:00 a.m.
Senate floor session
11:30 a.m.
Met with former Croatian Minister of Veterans Affairs Ivica Pancic
12:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from the Organic Trade Association meeting: Bob Quinn, Quinn Farm & Ranch, Big Sandy; David Oien, Timeless Seeds, Inc., Conrad; and Charlotte Vallaeys, Associate Principal R&D Scientist, General Mills, Harvard, MA
12:15 p.m.
Attended classified meeting with GEN Mike Minihan, Commander, Air Force’s Air Mobility Command
12:45 p.m.
Attended Special Democratic Caucus meeting
1:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from Lockheed Martin: Jim Taiclet, CEO, and Krissi Fauser, VP, Legislative Affairs
1:45 p.m. Senate floor session
Wednesday, May 10
8:15 a.m.
Attended Montana Coffee
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
9:45 a.m.
Met with Montana’s 2023 Poetry Out Loud State Champion: Wica-ta-wi Hoksina Brown, Whitney Brown, Charla Kirkaldie, Katrina Venters, Monica Grable, Montana Arts Council Arts Education Director
10:00 a.m.
Attended Commerce Committee Executive Session
10:00 a.m.
Attended Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Committee hearing
10:30 a.m.
Attended Appropriations Committee classified briefing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:35 p.m.
Press interview
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:15 p.m.
Phone Call with GEN Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
2:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:30 p.m.
Met with students from Anderson School, Bozeman
3:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from NORPAC: Leah Escott, Reuven Escott, David Siegel, AkivaLieber, Tamar Bruk, Jacob Horn, Richard Rosenberg and Dr. Deborah Rapps
3:30 p.m.
Attended classified briefing
4:00 p.m.
Met with representatives from Lyten: Dan Cook, CEO; and Eric Fick, President, Federal Solutions
4:30 p.m.
Met with representatives from the American Bankers Association’s Card Policy Council: Andrew Hopkins, Discover; Brian King, Goldman Sachs; Denny Nealon, Barclays; Candace Davis, Capitol One; Rich Santoro, Discover Govt Relations; and Dwight Fettig, Porterfield, Fettig & Sears
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Tuesday, May 9
3:45 p.m.
Met with representatives from the National Brain Tumor Society: Jonah and Shannon Vaughan, Missoula, and Kacey Ribnik, Great Falls
4:00 p.m.
Phone call with Defense Secretary Austin and Blake Souter, Deputy Comptroller for BAA
4:30 p.m.
Phone Call with Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
5:00 p.m.
Press Interview
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session
Thursday, May 4
9:00 a.m.
Press interview
9:45 a.m.
Met with Brandon Wittman, Board Member, CoBank, Billings
10:00 a.m.
Banking Committee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Phone call with David McCumber, Regional Editor, Lee Enterprises
11:35 a.m.
Senate floor session
11:45 a.m.
Press interview
1:45 p.m.
Senate floor session
Wednesday, May 3
8:15 a.m.
Attended Montana Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Met with representatives from Refugee Council USA: Hilary Binder-Avila, refugee Council DC; Aseel Jan Niazi, Missoula; and Paul Mwingwa, Lolo
9:15 a.m.
Press interview
9:30 a.m.
Met with Dr. Shereef Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health, and Meghan Rafterty, Senior Advisor, Department of Veterans Affairs
10:00 a.m.
Attended Energy & Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee hearing
10:00 a.m.
Attended Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:15 p.m.
Met with representatives from Northrup Grumman: Kathy Warden (CEO), Lesley Kalan, Corporate Vice President and Chief Strategy and Development Officer; Gabby Batkin, Vice President Legislative Affairs; and Erin Pierce, Director, Legislative Affairs
12:45 p.m.
Attended Chairs meeting
2:00 p.m.
Attended Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing
2:30 p.m.
Attended Indian Affairs Committee business meeting
2:45 p.m.
Indian Affairs Committee Legislative hearing
6:15 p.m.
Senate floor session
Tuesday, May 2
9:00 a.m.
Met with chaperones and students from the Family & Consumer Sciences + Belgrade High ProStart Team: Melanie Young, Kortney Douma, Colter Blank, Heath Burmeister, Olivia Reinbold, Victoria Smith, Matthew Smith, Cody Judkins, Michael Hecock, Ryan Ecker, Hayden Freese and Justin Garcia, and Sean Kennedy, EVP, National Restaurant Association
9:15 a.m.
Met with representatives from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: Scott Rigdon, Gallatin Valley; River Rigdon; Marjorie Everson; and Kaycie Stewart
9:30 a.m.
Met with the J Street Board of Directors: Jeremy Ben-Ami, President; Ambassador Alan Solomont, Chair; Peter Frey, Vice chair; Nancy Reichman; Larry Gellman; Virginia Gordon; Keri Hausner; Ben Linder; Rabbi John Rosove; Kevin Rachlin; Tali DeGroot; and Cooper Boyar
10:00 a.m.
Attended Banking Committee hearing
10:00 a.m.
Chaired Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing
11:30 a.m.
Senate floor session
12:30 p.m.
Attended classified meeting with GEN Laura Richardson, Commander, USSOUTHCOM, and Ms. Lizzie Gonzalez, Chief of Congressional Affairs
12:45 p.m.
Attended Democratic Caucus meeting
2:15 p.m.
Attended Official Senate Photo for the 118th Congress
2:35 p.m.
Senate floor session
2:45 p.m.
Attended Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development hearing
4:00 p.m.
Met with Leader Schumer
5:00 p.m.
Senate floor session
Monday, May 1
3:30 p.m.
Met with Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, Chief of Staff of the Army GEN James McConville, and Senator Susan Collins
5:25 p.m.
Gave floor speech in support of Anthony Johnstone, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit
5:30 p.m.
Senate floor session