{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2025/09/18/daines-reacts-to-president-trumps-visit-to-the-u-k-on-newsmax/", "Daines\u00a0Reacts to President Trump\u2019s Visit to the U.K. on Newsmax", "2025-09-18", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", "daines", "https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Applauds New Technology Prosperity Deal\n\nU.S. SENATE \u2013 U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Newsmax\u2019s National Report to discuss President Trump\u2019s visit to the United Kingdom and react to the new Technology Prosperity Deal signed by President Trump and Prime Minister Starmer this morning.\n\nWatch the full interview HERE.\n\nDaines on how President Trump is strengthening the U.S.-U.K. partnership:\n\nAmerica is the most powerful nation in the world, and we have the most powerful leader in the world in President Trump. I\u2019m so proud of what President Trump is doing, [and] Secretary Bessent. They\u2019re going on our allies\u2019 turf. The UK is one of our great allies. Strengthening these relationships is so important. They announced a $200 billion deal that involves AI, involves quantum computing, and nuclear energy. This is exactly what we need at this moment in time in our history and the world\u2019s history-bringing allies closer together in a world that\u2019s increasingly dangerous. Think about the threats of China, of Iran, of North Korea, Venezuela. It\u2019s the good guys that he\u2019s pulling together, and we need that. Think about China, they are graduating 10 times more engineers every year than we are here in the United States. I\u2019m a chemical engineer by degree and very pro-STEM education. One way we can help raise our competitiveness to compete long-term with China is to bring our allies closer together. President Trump\u2019s doing exactly the right thing with this visit\u2026\n\n\u2026 This says a lot about President Trump. He didn\u2019t bring the Prime Minister to the United States for this meeting. He went onto their turf. That\u2019s the sign of a great leader. President Trump right now, as I travel the world, I\u2019ll be heading back overseas next week. I\u2019m meeting with a lot of the Presidents and Prime Ministers around the world. Let me tell you something, the guy in the greatest demand in the world to have a meeting with or a phone call with is President Trump. He\u2019s doing a great job of being a wonderful ambassador for the United States, projecting our strength, but also strengthening relationships.\n\nDaines on the legacy of Charlie Kirk:\n\nThis is a very personal issue for so many of us. I\u2019ve known Charlie Kirk since he was a teenager. He would come to Montana in his early years. Some of his early financial supporters were actually in Montana. He had a tremendous influence on me personally, on our children and our entire family. But what\u2019s so troubling is the reaction to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, as it\u2019s taken the temperature up on the left in terms of their response. And it\u2019s heartbreaking when you think about this moment when Erika is grieving, now two children without a father, Charlie Kirk\u2019s parents. It\u2019s sickening to see the response, whether it\u2019s comedians on TV or others who have a view that\u2019s left of center. And I think it\u2019s a moment of time that we should be reflecting on the appropriate response in terms of this terrible tragedy that\u2019s hit our nation.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.daines.senate.gov/2025/09/18/daines-reacts-to-president-trumps-visit-to-the-u-k-on-newsmax/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0530408471822739, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}