When Democrats rolled out their budget for the 2009 Fiscal Year it became clear that they wanted to support their increased spending on the backs of hard working Montanans. The House Democrat budget includes a $683-billion tax hike overall, the largest in our nation’s history, and a $2,625 tax hike for the average Montanan. Additionally, the budget could potentially lead to a loss of 3,114 Montana jobs.

On December 13, 2007 I spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to honor Karl Ohs who passed away on November 25. Not only was Karl a personal friend, he was a friend of Montana and he will be missed.

On October 18, 2007 I testified before Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on H.R. 1975. This legislation would be detrimental to the local consensus regarding land management that is already being built in Montana.