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Rep. Rosendale Introduces the Ensuring Health in SNAP Act Of 2024

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Tags: Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) introduced the Ensuring Health in SNAP Act of 2024. The bill will allow states to ban the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits for the purchase of soft drinks, candy, ice cream, and prepared desserts such as cake, pies, cookies, and similar products. States like New York, Minnesota,…

Rep. Rosendale Votes for Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) voted in favor of H.R. 8998 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 which passed House this evening. The legislation secures major wins for Montana, cuts a fifth of the EPA’s budget and prohibits taxpayer dollars from going to DEI programs. Rep. Rosendale…

Rep. Rosendale Applauds Resignation of Director Cheatle and Demands Further Investigation

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned due to security failures that occurred under her watch, which led to the nearly successful assassination attempt against President Donald Trump on July 13, 2024. “While I am pleased that Director Cheatle has taken responsibility…

Rep. Rosendale’s Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act Receives Hearing

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) joined the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries, where he spoke on his bill: H.R. 7240 - Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024. Congressman Rosendale’s bill would affirm the Fort Belknap Indian Community’s water rights, settle…

Rep. Rosendale Files Amendment to FY25 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) filed the following amendment to H.R. 8998 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 Amendment #27: Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce the threatened species of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly…

Rep. Rosendale Files Amendment to FY25 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) filed the following amendment to H.R. 8997 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025. Amendment #10: Prevents funds from being used to transfer or delegate control or maintenance responsibility of the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel to any non-Federal…

Rep. Rosendale Applauds Passage of Bill Honoring Montana Hero Charlie Dowd

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Tags: Veterans

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) took to the House floor to honor and remember the life of Charlie Dowd, Montana's last Pearl Harbor survivor, and applaud the passage of a bill to name Butte VA clinic as the Charlie A. Dowd VA Clinic in his honor. Click the image below to watch full speech: …

Rep. Rosendale Votes “No” on Legislative Branch Appropriations Package that Failed on House Floor

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) voted against H.R. 8772 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025. The bill failed to pass the House of Representatives. The legislation would have increased spending, did not include a proposed amendment to prohibit books in school libraries that contain pornographic material or espouse…

Rep. Rosendale Votes to Hold Merrick Garland in Inherent Contempt of Congress

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) released the following statement after his vote to hold Attorney General of the United States Merrick Garland in Inherent Contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena and failure to release the full audio recording of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview of President Biden. “We are…