Daines said he would continue to fight ... to increase production of the state’s natural resources.
Work to increase production of Montana's natural resources.
Occurrences
I will continue to work to preserve Montana’s way of life by encouraging responsible environmental stewardship as we continue to develop our natural resources.
Evidence
Daines says he will work to develop Montana natural resources and supports energy dominance including hydropower, wind, biomass, solar, coal, oil, and natural gas.
Congress.gov lists Sen. Steve Daines as an original cosponsor. The bill promoted geothermal, solar, and wind energy development on public lands and permitting goals of at least 25 gigawatts by 2025.
H.R.133 became Public Law 116-260. Its Energy Act division required federal renewable-energy production goals on federal land and included programs for hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, carbon capture, and critical materials from coal and coal byproducts.
Congress.gov lists Sen. Steve Daines as sponsor of S.J.Res.61, a resolution to disapprove the Bureau of Land Management Miles City Resource Management Plan Amendment.
H.J.Res.104 became Public Law 119-48. CRS states the BLM amendment made no acres available for coal leasing and 1,745,040 acres unavailable for further coal-leasing consideration; the law nullified that rule.
Daines says he will continue developing Montana's natural resources and supports an all-of-the-above energy mix including hydropower, wind, biomass, solar, coal, oil, and natural gas.
Congress.gov lists Sen. Steve Daines as sponsor of S.J.Res.61, introduced on July 10, 2025, to disapprove the BLM Miles City Field Office resource-management amendment.
Congress.gov says H.J.Res.104 became Public Law No. 119-48 on December 11, 2025; its summary says the Miles City amendment made no acres available for coal leasing and left 1,745,040 acres unavailable for further coal-leasing consideration.
The Senate roll call page shows H.J.Res.104 passed the Senate on October 8, 2025, by a 52-47 vote, and lists Daines voting yea.
Congress.gov's House roll call vote 224 shows H.J.Res.104 passed the House on September 3, 2025, by 211-208.
Assessments
The promise was broad and effort-oriented: to work to increase production of Montana's natural resources. The strongest evidence shows a concrete same-term policy result in Montana. In 2025, Congress passed and the president signed H.J.Res.104 (Public Law 119-48), which nullified the BLM Miles City amendment that had made no acres available for coal leasing and left 1,745,040 acres unavailable for further coal-leasing consideration. That is a direct increase in access for Montana natural-resource production. Steve Daines materially contributed to that outcome by sponsoring the Senate companion measure, S.J.Res.61, and by voting for final passage of the enacted resolution while serving in office. Because he both advanced the effort legislatively and the relevant outcome was achieved during his term, this fits full delivery rather than partial credit.
Steve Daines materially advanced the stated goal through direct legislative action on Montana resource production, including sponsoring a resolution targeting the Miles City BLM plan and backing related energy-development measures. An enacted companion measure later removed the coal-leasing restriction in eastern Montana, which is concrete fulfillment of increasing production access for Montana natural resources while he was still in office.
The promise was broad and action-oriented: to work to increase production of Montana natural resources. The evidence shows direct action by Daines on Montana resource access, including sponsoring S.J.Res.61 to overturn a BLM Miles City plan restricting coal-leasing consideration, and the enacted companion H.J.Res.104 nullified that restriction. Additional enacted federal energy provisions in 2020 support the broader resource-production goal. Because at least one concrete policy outcome aligned with the promise became law, the promise is best classified as delivered. Timing cannot be determined from the provided promise date and term context.