and again steve daines is a guy with a personal passion for the parks, having grown up in the shadow of yellowstone park. we had experts, we had conservation group, all voicing their support for this legislation at our hearing. the director of the charitable trust said supporting this bipartisan bill is a wise investment for our national park system and has overwhelming support from the general public, generates hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars for the economy each year and provides world class recreation opportunities and preserve our history. the c.e.o. of the conservancy for cuyahoga national park and president of the national association of all the friends groups for the parks said and i quote, supporters of our national parks across the country are thrilled with this bill. addressing deferred maintenance will go a long way toward protecting historic and national resources at our parks. this bill makes sense. it will help make our national parks even better for the hundreds of millions of visitors every year who take in their beauty and their history. i urge the senate co

senator steve daines, senator holden, thank you. they are all here. smith, thank you very much. senator james lankford, james, thank you. senator pat roberts, he loves those farms. he loves the farmers like i do. representative diane black, diane, thank you. representative kevin brady, with our new tax bill, how is it coming kevin, good? representative mike conaway, thank you, mike. newhouse,tive dan thank you. representative crist now -- christie, have to call her governor now, that was a great win. representative david, thank you. day, very big. we met right here at the white house to launch a new phase in the relationship between the united states and the european union. friendship,lose strong trade relations -- in which both of us will win. working better together for global security and prosperity and a fighting -- fighting jointly against terrorism. the united states and the eu 830 millionre than citizens and more than 50% of the global gdp. together, we are more than 50% of trade. if we team up we can make our and prop --secure prosperous. the u.s. and the eu have a $1 tr

we joined by senator steve daines of montana, member of the senate's agriculture, and forestry commission. farmers?on to guest: i have a listening to your callers and commentary. that we start by saying i have made two visits to china in the last 120 days. i was in russia just three weeks ago. i am actively engaged as it relates to global trade and the issues american farmers and ranchers face every day to get their guests international markets. you have to step back and think about the big picture. 95% of the world consumers live outside the united states. we only represent 5% of the world's consumers. we have a higher purchasing per capita, but the growth long-term for american farmers and ranchers will be access to these overseas markets. china has been consistently breaking a lot of rules related to trade. ungrateful president trump is confronted these unfair trade practices -- i am grateful president trump has confronted these unfair trade practices. and automobile to china is a 25% tariff. from china to the united states, a 2.5% tariff. on average it is three times the rates of u.s.

we joined by senator steve daines of montana, member of the senate's agriculture, and forestry commission. farmers?on to t:

got to know the state and the reason i got into montana politics was because i met your senator steve daines. in elk camp. i was in elk camp. i brought my little son, thanksgiving a couple years ago, my six-year-old, we were doing a family fun trip. ran into steve. did i shoot o ne? come on, man. unlike jon tester only started buying hunting tags when the gop call them out for not being a hunter. won 15 years he without a hunting license a pretense be like he is under. he--- a hunter. that is why we call them to face tester. you can't say you are one thing, show up in orange without having bought a hunting license 15 years. that does not work in montana or you can maybe make that work in new york city but that is about it. not this side of the mississippi. i was in hunting camp with steve dance and we had this great french of going in so many of the great outdoor experiences i been able to have on the rivers, in the woods, in the mountains, and with mike son -- my son. that is the weighted to know someone. not in the boardroom, not in negotiations, not even in politics, but sharing time arou

you just heard steve daines. has been so helpful, he has been so helpful in washington on the tax cuts and everything else, and i wanted thank steve -- want to thank steve and his family. they have been incredible for me in washington. thank you, steve, i appreciate it. [cheering] pres. trump: steve and i are running again. 2020 he comes up. so, we're running together, steve. i want to thank greg gianforte. he's a member of congress who has been 100% with us. incredible success story. a lot of people don't know that but greg is an incredible success. did a really good job, and he says he wants to give back. greg, you have been fantastic. thank you very much. appreciate it. montana attorney general tim fox. thank you, tim. secretary of state corey stapleton. thank you, corey. montana republican party chairwoman deborah lamb. superintendent of public instruction, elsie arnsen. and finally, the person that we are here for tonight, a very special person, ran an incredible primary, wouldn't you say? incredible. anytim

montana republican senator and agriculture, and nutrition, and for street commission senator steve daines. c-span'so watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. join the discussion. trumpcer: president traveled to kansas city, missouri, yesterday. he outlined a new plan to eight foreigners impacted by terrorism against the united states. he allowed they united states to sing along to lee greenwood's "god bless the usa." ♪ minnesotathe lakes of to the hills of tennessee across the plains of texas from sea to shining sea from detroit county houston and new york to l.a. there is pride in every american heart and it is time we stand and say i'm a proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i want forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i will gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today because there ate no doubt i love this land god bless the usa and i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i'll gladly stand up next to you and defend her still t

host: senator steve daines is coming on in a few minutes. we will ask your question what he does,.hony from arizona, independent. go-ahead. caller: thank you. i would like the first technology our country is spending $12 billion in aid for farmers. we have got to help our farmers. i would also ask our viewers all over the world to read thomas friedman's book. there is an audio version. tied to thegram is farm bill. i was a recipient of food stamps. i actually worked in a place that family food desert. there are no grocery stores. when i worked there the owners of the store would have a retail price at $.69 and then at $.20 to the price of each item. that meant anyone in the --munity within the pain would end up paying $.20 more for an item that was supposed to be selling for $.69. those consumers of the food stamps and snap programs get ripped off all the time. i worked for a farmer. saidd to give my wages, he because ofhe math the mapping computer science major. i said my wages are not right. he said this is what -- remember when you take your 15 minutes break in the morning and a

steve daines came up, he said, the people of montana, they are tired of all this winning. too much. an't take it anymore. i said, steve, go back to the people. we are going to win, and we are going to win more. we are going to win like we've never one before. like we've never one before. we are finally putting on america first. thousand points of light. what the hell was that he echoed thousand points of light. i know one thing. "make america great again," we understand. putting america first, we understand. we are indeed doing things for this country like nobody believed. we are rebuilding our economy, at the same time, we are restoring our security. we have people flooding our borders like they haven't flooded before. they are doing an incredible job, but we haven't had a rush like this. people want to come into our economy. the problem is, you have to come in legally. all of that money that we have secured for our military, all of that i've directed the pentagon to begin a process of creating a sixth branch of the united states armed forces called the space force. you know the air

montana republican senator and agriculture, and nutrition, and for street commission senator steve daines. c-span'so watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. join the discussion. trumpcer: president traveled to kansas city, missouri, yesterday. he outlined a new plan to eight foreigners impacted by terrorism against the united states. he allowed they united states to sing along to lee greenwood's "god bless the usa." ♪

senator steve daines? senator hoeven. thank you. they're all here. senator cindy hyde smith. cindy, thank you very much. senator james lankford. james, thank you, james. senator pat roberts, he loves those farms. he loves the farmers like i do. representative diane black. diane, thank you. representative kevin brady, with our new tax bill. how is it coming, kevin? good? representative mike conaway. mike, thank you, mike. representative dan newhouse. thank you, dan. representative chris at this noem. have to call you governor, now. that was a great win, thank you, christie. representative daivd reichert. david, thank you. so we had a big day, very big. we met right here at the white house to launch a new phase in the relationship between the united states and the european union, a phase of close friendship, of strong trade relations, in which both of us will win, of working better together tore global security and prosperity, and a fighting jointly against terrorism. the united states and the european union together account for more than 830 million citizens and more than 50%

senator steve daines. senator hoban. they are all here. senator cindy hyde smith. you very much. senator james lankford. thank you james. -- thank you, james. senator pat roberts, he loves those farms. he loves the farmers like i do. representative diane black. diane, thank you. representative kevin brady. he has our new tax bill, how is it coming, kevin, good? conaway.ative mike mike, thank you. --resentative ted newhouse dan newhouse, thank you d, dan. christie, that was a great win. representative david rikers. david, thank you. we had a big day, very big. we met here at the white house to launch a new phase in the relationship between the united states and the european union. a phase of close friendship, strong trade relations in which both of us will win. are working better together for global security and prosperity, and are fighting jointly against terrorism. the united states and the european union together count for more than 830 million citizens. and more than 50% of the global gdp. together, we are more than 50% of trade. if we team up, we can make our e

montana senator steve daines was on that trip and joins us now.k you for coming on the program this morning. how did everything go over there? >> well, it was a productive visit. i think we have to step back and remember that there has not been a congressional delegation of the u.s. congress visiting russia in three years. this is probably the largest delegation of senators to visit russia in anybody's memory. it's the lowest it's been post cold war. we sent a strong message and direct message to the russian government. first of all, don't interfere in u.s. elections. second, respect the sovereignty of ukraine and exit crimea. work with us to bring about peace in syria instead of working against us, fourth and very importantly, russians are in violation of many parts of the nuclear arms treaty. remember that the united states and russia comprise over 80% of the nuclear weapons on the planet. that is why this relationship is important. that is why dialogue is important. we want to send that direct message to the russian leadership this past week in

mcgovern, then montana republican senator and agriculture, nutrition and forestry committee member steve dainesbe sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at seven eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. ♪ >> tonight on c-span2, president trump speaks at the vfw national convention. then a house hearing on election security followed by a hearing looking into thed a manager's policy -- administration's policy of deploying national guard troops to protect the border with mexico. >> today president trump spoke at the veterans of foreign wars convention being held this kansas city. he talked about trade, national security and immigration. he also expressed his support for josh hawley who is seeking the republican nomination in this year's missouri senate race against the incumbent, claire mccaskill. this is an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the stage vfw national commander keith harmon. [cheers and applause]