Steve Daines, United States Senator for Montana
Veteran and
Military Update - February 2020
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*Speaking at the Billings VA
naming ceremony honoring Dr. Joe Medicine Crow and Benjamin
Steele.
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**TOP STORY - VA SHOWS SUPPORT FOR MY BILL PROTECTING VETERANS'
PENSIONS**
In early February, President Trump released his proposed budget
for Fiscal Year 2021. The Department of Veterans Affairs included
language from my bill S.2407, *the FREE Veterans Act* [link 1], which
penalizes anyone who tries to scam our veterans out of their hard-earned
benefits.
I will continue to work with the President and my Senate
colleagues to make sure justice is served to those who try to harm our
brave vets!
*SUPPORTING THE MILITARY, VETERANS, AND THEIR
FAMILIES**
On February 10th, I met with the *Enlisted Association of the
National Guard of Montana* to discuss the needs of Montana's Guardsmen
and women.
On the 12th, I met with *Kate Haegele* of the American
Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3570 to discuss some of
the challenges that face VA employees.
On February 18th, I had the
honor of attending a beautiful ceremony honoring two Montana heroes,
*Dr. Joe Medicine Crow and Benjamin Steele*. Thanks to bipartisan
support, two VA facilities in Billings have been renamed after these true
Montana patriots.
On February 28th, I visited *Malmstrom AFB* and met
with Colonel Jennifer Reeves, Commander, 341st Missile Wing, to tour
the current construction projects on the base.
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*Decommissioning
ceremony of the USS Frank E. Evans. Photo: history.navy.mil*
*MY
BIPARTISAN VETERANS' LEGISLATION**
To honor the lives and sacrifices of
the *"Lost 74" Sailors who perished aboard USS Frank E. Evans* during
the Vietnam War, I signed a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
[link 2] urging him to add their names to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
in Washington, DC.
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the
*four Americans killed at the US Embassy in Benghazi*, Libya, I
cosponsored Senator Ed Markey's (MA) resolution, S.2054 [link
3].
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Steve
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United States Senate
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