[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                Montana

  Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, as we are getting ready for a busy August 
work period, I am very much looking forward to spending time in Big Sky 
Country back home in Montana, away from the swamp, enjoying the 
beautiful State that I am so lucky to call home.
  In between meetings, I am taking a few days to enjoy Montana's great 
outdoors, including spending 3 days backpacking in the Beartooth 
Wilderness with my sweet wife Cindy and a couple of our dogs. As an 
avid outdoorsman, I was raised to appreciate our public lands, and I 
can assure you, nothing beats going off the grid for a bit, where there 
is no cell phone coverage on top of the peaks, with my sweetheart and a 
couple of our pups and enjoying Montana's beauty, the fly rod with an 
elk hair caddis and chasing cut and sometimes even goldens in Montana's 
highest lakes.
  I will also be spending a lot of time on the road traveling all over 
Montana. I get to each of Montana's 56 counties every congressional 
period, to every corner of our State, from West Butte down to Ekalaka, 
even Alzada, over in Monida, up to the northwest corner of our State to 
places like Libby, Troy, and even Yaak.
  I will also work to get to one of my favorite places in Montana, the 
famous Jersey Lilly in Ingomar. This place is not well known. It is off 
the beaten path. But the Jersey Lilly in Ingomar, MT, is home to the 
best bean soup in Big Sky Country. If you ever find yourself in east 
central Montana, Rosebud County, you have to get off of Highway 12 and 
stop in. I have known the owners of that restaurant for many years--
Boots and June. There is a Montana name for you--``Boots.'' They not 
only serve up great food and even better conversation, they are also 
yet another example of a local family business--the bedrock of our 
small towns and counties across Montana. The fine folks over at the 
Jersey Lilly are what Montana is all about. It is about hard work, 
family values, passion for their community, and passion for our great 
country. I am a proud and frequent customer of the Jersey Lilly, and I 
can't wait for the next bowl of bean soup.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.