{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-fox-announce-nearly-one-million-dollar-grant-for-anti-meth-enforcement", "Daines, Fox Announce Nearly One Million Dollar Grant for Anti-Meth Enforcement", "2018-10-25", "2018", "2018-10", "Republican", "House", "MT", "Steve Daines", "D000618", "www.daines.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "10.25.18\n\t\t\t Daines, Fox Announce Nearly One Million Dollar Grant for Anti-Meth Enforcement \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMONTANAU.S. Senator Steve Daines and Attorney General Tim Fox announced a $946,981 grant for critical anti-meth enforcement in Montana. The grant was formally authorized in the opioids legislation that was signed into law yesterday by President Trump.\r\nMontana is one of just nine states chosen to receive the funds through the CAMP (COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program). The state was selected for its high rate of seized finished meth, meth lab materials, and precursor chemicals for meth production. Over the next two years these funds will help the Montana Department of Justice investigate Meth production and distribution.\r\nI am grateful for the work of Montana's law enforcement community,Daines said. Their work over the last several years has resulted in the critical seizure of meth and enforcement of meth related crimes. These funds will help fight back against the devastation meth has on our tribes and families.\r\nThe meth epidemic is killing Montanans and wreaking untold damage upon our children, families, and communities, Fox said. This grant will be an important resource allowing us to expand our ongoing efforts, including the specialized drug interdiction team we launched last year. We worked hard to secure this grant and I am grateful to Sen. Daines, the U.S. Department of Justice, and all who joined in the effort to make this happen.\r\nA formal release from AG Fox's office is forthcoming. For detailed questions please reach John Barnes at 406-444-2031.\r\nYesterday, President Trump signedlegislation to help combat the devastating opioid epidemic across Montana and the nation. Daines fought to ensure the now law also includes specific provisions that address the meth crisis in Montana.\r\nDaines fought to include multiple provisions in the new law that will help combat the meth and opioid crisis in Montana including:\r\n \r\nThe bipartisanMitigating METHAct,introduced by Daines, which expands the state targeted response to the opioid crisis grants to include Indian tribes as eligible recipients.\r\n \r\n \r\nThe bipartisanSTOP Actwhich helps stop illegal drugs from coming in at the border or being shipped through the postal service.\r\n \r\nDaines also fought to reauthorize key meth prevention and enforcement including:\r\n \r\nReauthorization of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)\r\nReauthorization of the Drug Court program\r\nCodifying the COPS Anti-Meth Program\r\n \r\nEarlier this month, Daines also met with James Carroll, the nominee to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), to discuss the importance of ending the drug epidemic in Montana. At the meeting, Daineshand delivered a letterto Carroll inviting him to Montana. Carroll is currently the Acting Director for ONDCP.\r\nIn September, Daines took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to urge his colleagues to support the measure and to highlight the drastic impacts meth and opioids have in Montana.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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/news/press-releases/daines-fox-announce-nearly-one-million-dollar-grant-for-anti-meth-enforcement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5359390527009964, "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"}