October 2023

Tuesday, October 31

9:00 a.m.

Met with representatives from Indian Health Service: Director Roselyn Tso; Skip Clelland, Chief of Staff; Darren Pete, Legislative Director; Liz Fowler; Jonathan Osbourne; and Maddie Daly

9:30 a.m.

Attended Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing

11:30 a.m.

Senator floor session

12:45 p.m.

Attended Democratic Caucus

2:30 p.m.

Senate floor session

3:00 pm

Met virtually with leadership from United Airlines: Scott Kirby, CEO; Terri Fariello, Executive VP of Global Govt & Regulatory Affairs; and Erik Prince, Director, Congressional Affairs

3:30 pm

Met with representatives from the Army: Secretary Christine Wormuth; Chief of Staff GEN Randy George; and COL Carter, Legislative Liaison; with Senator Susan Collins

4:15 pm

Met with representatives from the Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Tribe: Sherry Treppa, Chairperson; John Williams, General Counsel; Mike Smith and Courtney Cano, Cornerstone Government Affairs

Monday, October 30

3:45 p.m.

Met with Sarah Shannon from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Dean and Professor, Montana State University, Bozeman)

5:30 p.m.

Senate floor session

6:30 p.m.

Attended meeting with Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog

Friday, October 27

6:30 a.m.

Press interview

7:15 a.m.

Met with Missoula Police Chief Mike Colyer

8:15 a.m.

Met with Rabbi Kula, Rabbi Chezky and Board Members of Har Shalom

9:15 a.m.

Met with Sentinel High School Government students

11:00 a.m.

Hosted event celebrating the passage of bipartisan legislation to protect hunter safety classes

2:00 p.m.

Delivered Remarks at Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act Event

4:15 p.m.

Met with Bitterroot Star Newspaper

Saturday, October 28

9:00 a.m.

Spoke at Montana Farmers Union Annual Conference

Thursday, October 26

9:00 a.m.

Met with representatives from Montana Renewables: Bruce Fleming (CEO) and Jay Driscoll (Forbes Tate)

10:00 a.m.

Attended Banking Committee Hearing

11:15 a.m.

Delivered Virtual Remarks at the National Alliance on Mental Illness MT Conference

11:30 a.m.

Senate floor session

11:35 a.m.

Met with representatives from the Veterans’ Affairs Department: Kurt DelBene, Chief Information Officer; Charles Worthington, Chief Technology Officer; and Darrell Donnelly, Congressional Relations Officer

12:15 p.m.

Rural Press Call

1:45 p.m.

Senate floor session

Wednesday, October 25

8:15 a.m.

Montana Constituent Coffee

11:30 a.m.

Senate floor session

12:15 p.m.

Press interview

1:15 p.m.

Met with members of the SenateAppropriations Committee

2:00 p.m.

Press interview

2:15 p.m.

Senate floor session

3:00 p.m.

Delivered floor remarks

3:40 p.m.

Chaired Veterans’ Affairs Committee Hearing

5:45 p.m.

Senate floor session

Tuesday, October 24

9:00 a.m.

Met with representatives from the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance: Molly Stockdale (Missoula) and Tiffany Briggs

9:15 a.m.

Met with representatives from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies: Liz Heck, NAMIC Board Chair, CEO of Greater New York Insurance Company; Steve Stogner, CEO of Grange Insurance Association; Randa Rawlins, CEO of Shelter Mutual Insurance Company; Brandon Keller, CEO of Germania Mutual Insurance Association; Neil Alldredge, CEO, NAMIC; Jimi Grande, Senior VP of Federal and Political Affairs; and Anna Buhlinger, Director of Federal Government Affairs

9:45 a.m.

Accepted the Committee for Funding Education’s Patsy Takemoto Mink National Leader Award: Jenny Smulson, President; Emily Jeffries, Vice President; and Sarah Abernathy, Executive Director

10:00 a.m.

Gave remarks at Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing

11:25 a.m.

Phone Call with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

12:30 p.m.

Met with Ethan Mercer (Medical Laboratory Scientist, Kalispell) and Francis Sebastian (Sheridan)

12:45 p.m.

Attended Democratic Caucus

2:15 p.m.

Senate floor session

3:30 p.m.

Met With American Israel Public Affairs Committee board member Howard Friedman, and Deputy Director of Policy and Government Affairs Deborah Saxon.

5:00 p.m.

Senate floor session

Friday, October 20

6:40 a.m.

Press interview

7:05 a.m.

Press interview

8:15 a.m.

Press interview

9:00 a.m.

Gave remarks at the MFPE Educator Conference

11:00 a.m.

Hosted press conference celebrating the passage of bipartisan legislation to protect hunter safety classes

12:15 p.m.

Attended MFPE Educators Conference Social Studies Teachers Session

1:15 p.m.

Met with Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder

2:15 p.m.

Met with the Billings Chamber of Commerce

Thursday, October 19

8:30 a.m.

Attended Senate meeting on AI in Cancer Research and Drug Development

9:35 a.m.

Press interview

9:50 a.m.

Met with Mike Batista, AARP Montana

10:00 a.m.

Attended Banking Committee hearing

11:30 a.m.

Met with representatives from Palantir: Shyam Sankar (Chief Technology Officer) and Ben Klein (Vice President, Government Relations)

1:45 p.m.

Senate floor session

Wednesday, October 18

8:15 a.m.

Montana Constituent Coffee

9:20 a.m.

Press interview

10:00 a.m.

Attended Commerce Committee Markup

10:15 a.m.

Chaired Joint Veterans’ Affairs Committee and Armed Services Committee Hearing

12:00 p.m.

Senate floor session

12:45 p.m.

Attended Committee Chairs meeting

2:00 p.m.

Met with Carroll College leadership: Dr. John Cech; Jim Smith, President & Founder, Smith Dawson & Andrews; and Dr. Joseph Castleberry, Northwest University; Ben Odendahl, Senior Counsel, Smith Dawson & Andrews

2:30 p.m.

Delivered virtual remarks at the Central Montana Regional Water Authority Ribbon Cutting for the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System

3:00 p.m.

Met with representatives from the Oregon Bankers Association: Gordon Zimmerman, President & CEO, Citizens Bank; Jeff Sumpter, President & CEO, Lewis & Clark Bank; Alex Gosline, Senior Vice President/Senior Credit Officer, Heritage Bank; and Alisa Johnston, Senior Vice President, Washington Trust Bank; Joan Reukauf (Chief Operating Officer, People’s Bank of Commerce); Chris Hemmings, Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Summit Bank

3:30 p.m.

Attended All Senator Classified Briefing

Tuesday, October 17

8:30 a.m.

Met with leadership from American Legion: Daniel J. Seehafer, National Commander; Chanin Nuntavong, Executive Director; Julia Mathis, Legislative Director

9:00 a.m.

Met with representatives from Opportunity Financial: Todd Schwartz, CEO and Partner at Schwartz Capital; Marv Gurevich, General Counsel; Fred Castro, Head of Federal Government Relations; and Milan Dalal, Tiger Hill Partners

9:15 a.m.

Met with representatives from the American College of Cardiology: Michael Eisenhauer, Governor, MT ACC, Great Falls; Alexis Harrison, Whitefish; Sheralee Petersen, Executive Clinical Director; and Ryan Wilcox, Director of Fed Relations with Intermountain Healthcare

9:30 a.m.

Met with representatives from MT AFL-CIO: Jason Small and Amanda Frickle

10:15 a.m.

Received classified intelligence briefing

11:15 a.m.

Met with leadership from Syngenta: Erik Fyrwald (CEO) and Mary Kay Thatcher (Senior Manager, Federal Government and Industry Relations)

11:30 a.m.

Senate floor session

12:45 p.m.

Democratic Caucus

2:15 p.m.

Senate floor session

2:30 p.m.

Attended Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development Hearing

3:30 p.m.

Press interview

4:15 p.m.

Met with Patrick Montalban (Montalban Oil & Gas Operations, Cut Bank) and Mike Cantrell (Cantrell Investments, LLC, & Board Member, National Stripper Well Association)

5:15 p.m.

Senate floor session

Monday, October 16

3:30 p.m.

Met with Lina Sturman (State Youth Ambassador for Montana 4-H) and Howard Sturman

5:30 p.m.

Senate floor session

5:45 p.m.

Attended Senator Debbie Stabenow’s Michigan Business Leaders meeting

Friday, October 13

1:30 p.m.

Toured Gallatin Valley High School

1:45 p.m.

Met with Gallatin High School Government students

2:45 p.m.

Met with the Downtown Bozeman Association

Tuesday, October 10

5:30 p.m.

All Senators Unclassified Call

Thursday, October 5

9:45 a.m.

Press interview

Wednesday, October 4

8:00 a.m.

Met with representatives from the Nature Conservancy: Conni French, Malta; Nancy Mackinnon, Wolf Creek; Jan Portman, Ovando; Wym Portman Ovando; John Teller, Blackfoot Valley; Amy Tykeson, Blackfoot Valley; Maud Welles, Big Sky; Jeff Welles, Big Sky; Amy Croover, TNC MT State Director, Bozeman; and Mark Aagenes, Helena

8:15 a.m.

Montana Constituent Coffee

9:15 a.m.

Press interview

9:30 a.m.

Met with General Bryan Fenton, Commanding General of the US Special Operations Command

10:00 a.m.

Chaired Appropriations Committee Classified Briefing

10:30 a.m.

Delivered remarks at Commerce Committee nominations hearing

11:30 a.m.

Senate floor session

12:30 p.m.

Press interview

12:45 p.m.

Attended Democratic Caucus meeting

2:00 p.m.

Delivered remarks at Commerce Committee hearing

2:15 p.m.

Senate floor session

3:00 p.m.

Attended classified meeting with the National Reconnaissance Office: Christopher Scolese (Director) and Dr. Troy Meink (Principal Deputy Director); and Senators Mark Warner, Susan Collins, and Marco Rubio

5:30 p.m.

Senate floor session

Tuesday, October 3

9:30 a.m.

Met with leadership from Faradyne Power Group: Curt Pohl, CEO, MT resident; Jose Tost, President; Carlos Tejera, Chief Operating Officer; Former Texas Lt Gov Ben Barnes, CEO, Ben Barnes Group; and Sam Hershman, Legislative Associate, Ben Barnes Group

10:15 a.m.

Met with leadership from Northrup Grumman and Bechtel: Kathy Warden, CEO, Northrup Grumman; Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and CEO, Bechtel; Bob DeGrasse, VP and Manager, Govt Affairs Program, Bechtel; and Michael Costas, General Manager, Defense and Space, Bechtel

2:30 p.m.

Hosted Virtual Roundtable with Edward Jones of Montana: Jared Hauskins, Bozeman; Karen Willett, Bozeman; Wayne Engebretsen, Red Lodge; David Rosulek, Missoula; Joel Pemberton, Whitefish; Brian Haseman, Helena; John Vondra, Billings; Kelley Aline, Great Falls; Kelly Swanson, Bozeman; Hannah Barras, Glasgow; and Jesse Hill

3:00 p.m.

Attended the Swearing-In Ceremony for Senator Laphonza Butler

3:05 p.m.

Met with representatives from the Navy: ADM Lisa Franchetti (Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Acting/Prospective Chief Naval Officer) and CAPT Bill Pennington (Director, Appropriations Matters Office, Office of the Secretary of the Navy)

5:15 p.m.

Delivered Virtual Remarks at the MT Electric Cooperatives’ Association Board of Directors Meeting

5:30 p.m.

Senate floor session

Monday, October 2

3:30 p.m.

Met with representatives from Leidos: Tom Bell, CEO; Amy Smith, Vice President of Government Affairs; and Tom Keating, OBC Group