Actions and Opinions

Tester and Baucus Release: Senators push funding for energy transmission line   April 1, 2009 
(Washington D.C.) - Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester today asked the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) to help finance the Montana-Alberta Transmission Line (MATL)....

Tester and Baucus Press Release: Senators: Montana communities to receive $15.5 million to create jobs  March 26, 2009.
WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Communities and tribes across Montana will receive another $15.5 million to create jobs through various energy efficiency and conservation projects, U.S. Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester announced today...

Tester Press Release: Tester backs legislation to jumpstart biofuel production in National Forests, March 20, 2009
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Senator Jon Tester is backing bipartisan legislation that will strengthen renewable energy opportunities in Montana by allowing biomass material from National Forests to be counted toward the Renewable Fuel Standard...

Sen. Tester Appointed to Five Appropriations Subcommittees
Sen Tester, appointed to the Appropriations Committee in January, has been assigned to five subcommittees:
Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
Homeland Security Subcommittee
Interior, Environment Subcommittee
Legislative Branch Subcommittee