On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
R-Mont.
3 things Steve Daines said, verbatim, from September 26, 2026 to September 30, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Also appeared as: Sen. Steve Daines
Positions
Disputes
“It is to cut off security aid to our ally Israel in its time of need.”
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Others on this question
“If the killing of nine Americans does not justify a report from our own state department, I would ask my colleagues: what would?”
Supports
“This relationship is too big to fail, and it's only appropriate that President Trump and his team extends respect to Xi Jinping, and it's really reciprocal to what they did for President Trump back in May when they showed him great respect when he showed up in Beijing,”
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Others on this question
“Quite frankly, had the White House asked me for advice, I would have suggested the president not invite Xi Jinping to Washington for such a lavish welcome here in the United States of America, based on all of the troubling issues we have with President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party,”
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“Make no mistake: The sole objective here is not justice or accountability for Americans,”
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