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Brian Miller
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, MT-02
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Montana US House 2
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- Top priorities
- Public Lands in Public Hands
- Women's issues-bodily autonomy, and respect.
- Repeal the tariffs now!!
- Support our Farmers and Ranchers
- Campaign Finance Reform
- Money
- $31K raised, $28.9K spent, $669 cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 43% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 100% from Montana
- Polling
- 26% in the latest poll (Rutgers-Eagleton). The polls
18 priorities from miller4congress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
In the U.S. today only approximately 4.5% to 5%
of our lands are federal wilderness. We need to
keep it that way. I fish, hike, and recreate on
Montana's public lands. In fact, it was the land
of Montana that first drew me here over
25 years ago. I will always do everythign I can to keep public lands in public hands forever.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-21st-century-immigration-reform
If you study history, you know that women used
to be treated like property. Eventually, they
graduated to getting the right to vote. But as
we all know, the struggle for equality continues to this day.
This issue is where my classical "Lincoln Republican" tendencies kick in. I just can't stand to see people subject to abuses of power. And that is what women continue to deal with all over America.
I know that some people have very strong feelings about abortion, but I am going to always come down on the side of trusting women and guaranteeing their right to bodily autonomy. But that is not enough. We need to understand that women and men are different and that women's priorities need to be respected in our governmental structures. This includes eliminating all forms of sexism, discrimination, and general bullshit. If you've followed me on social media, you know I am serious about this issue. I've been outspoken on sexism, misogyny, and the rest of it. As an attorney, I've fought for those values on behalf of women. I will continue to do so if elected to Congress.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-address-the-afforability-crisis
I've been calling for the repeal of the tariffs
since day one. Check out this blog post I
made on my website on this exact issues back
on April 13, 2025. Click here to read it.
My position hasn't changed. The tariffs have been a disaster. So has the trade war with Canada, which I also called for an end to in another post back on November 15, 2025. You can click here to read it as well.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-break-up-with-israel
The top two things we need to do to support
our farmers and ranchers in Montana is to pass
mandatory country of origin labelling, and the right to repair farm
equipment.
Beyond that, I want to see us invest in agricultural infrastructure in Montana that will take the things are farmers and ranchers produce and turn them into products which people can consume. WE SHOULD NOT BE BUILDING DATA CENTERS. WE SHOULD BE BUILDING THINGS THAT CREATE PROSPERITY FOR OUR ECONOMY.
There are a lot of opportunities here to pursue. We could be building fertilizer plants, canola oil processing facilities, safflower oil processing facilities,canneries, meat processing facilities, rendering facilities, flower mills, and the like. We need to make capital available for these types of projects, not data centers.
The farm bill that is passing Congress has elements of these plans in them, but does not go far enough. Here is a list of the kinds of things I would like to see done in this critical area:
Expand the EQIP program beyond its cap of 27 million acres
Increase Farm Service Administration officers and programs
Restore funding to USAID
Restore the $ 285 billion that was cut from SNAP
Use the provisions in Title V of the Farm Bill (credit) to provide access to capital for farmers, ranchers, coops, and other organizations to build critical agricultural infrastructure in Montana.
Pass and fully fund the "Expanding Childcare in Rural America Act of 2023" (HR 3922)
Increase funding for the Rural Business Development grants program beyond $ 65 million/year
Increase funding for the Intermediate relending program beyond $ $ 25 million/year
Increase funding for the Rural Microentrenepuer program beyond a mere $ 20 million per year, and increase the caps beyond $ 75,000.
Increase funding for the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant program (HR 291) beyond $ 10 million per year.
Increase the Expanded Meat Processing and Rendering grants program (H.R. 559 and HR 3076) beyond the $ 3 million per year.
Increase the Water, Waste Disposal, and Wastewater Facility Grants programs (H.R. 7476) beyond the $ 15 million per year in the farm bill.
Increase and fully fund the ReConnect Rural Broadband Program.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-campaign-finance-reform
I don't take any dark money or PAC money, and
have been outspoken about this issue on the
campaign trail on my social media platforms and
in other places. I only take money from people,
except in the instances of local central demoractic committees where I know their money is clean. I don't even take money from the Democratic Party right now because I don't like where it is coming from.
I support the Montana Plan fully. Citizens United is one of the worst U.S. Supreme Court decisions we've ever seen. It makes absolutely no sense. The Founders would have never agreed that corporations have free speech rights. The idea is completely ludicrous.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-climate-change
In my humble opinion, Israel is being run by a
war criminal by the name of Benjamin Netanyahu
who believes that U.S. citizens should be sacrificed
in the name of Israel.
The State of Israel is not our friend. We give them billions and billions of dollars, and get nothing but war and misery. Our alliance with Israel make us less secure. The State of Israel targets civilians and children all the time; I've had enough of them. Time to break up with Israel. No more U.S. money or weapons for them. They need to figure things out on their own.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-cut-wasteful-military-spending
I passed high school chemistry and physics, so
I am aware that sustained released of carbon from
our fossil fuel energy systems is causing the
climate to change. That means simply that the
weather patterns we have been relying on for the past several hundred years are now changing. This means that certain areas of the planet that have been habitable for a long time, may not be so in the future. It also means that certain zones of agriculture that we have been relying on for quite sometime may no longer be fruitful in the future. This means that we might want to consider adapting to the changing conditions in advance instead of doing nothing and just waiting to see what happens later on.
Specifically, one of the things that we will likely be confronting in the near future in America is reflected in the following "heat map".
Obviously, we do not know for certain if this will happen, but there is a reasonable likelihood that it will. So what should we do? Should we ignore this, or plan for the future?
I say that we plan for this contingency. This means cutting down fossil fuel usage in a reasonable manner when we can and replacing it with sources that will reduce the effects of carbon on the weather patterns. And, beyond that, we also might want to plan for internal population migration in advance. If the coastlines of America continue to heat up and sea levels continue to rise, we might find large areas of United States to be rendered uninhabitable. If so, we should consider planning in advance for those internal population migration by designing the cities of the future today.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-defend-the-right-to-unionize
The U.S. Constitution has been under attack
for several years now. These attacks come in
various forms, but they all seem to have one
objective: to weaken the powers of the Courts
and the Legislature, and to increase
the power of the Executive.
In Federalist No. 47, James Madison defined "tyranny" as the excessive accumulation of power in one set of hands. In order to combat against tyranny, the Founders divided power into three branches: the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Each has its own sphere of influence and ways of interacting with the others.
The Executive has the power of the sword and the power to act. The Legislative has the power of the purse and is closest to the People. The Judicial has only the power of judgment over the operations of the other two and itself.
For this system to work as intended, all three branches must respect the other. Each of the branches must "stay in their lane". This requires respect, civility, and tolerance. This is the way to civil peace.
I fully oppose the efforts of the current Administration to enlarge the power of the Executive beyond its proper bounds. If elected to Congress, I will do all I can to reestablish the authority and power of the Legislative branch in our Federal affairs.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-end-the-war-in-iran
Troy Downing and the Trump Administration ↗ (opens miller4congress.com/copy-of-get-control-of-the-national-debt at this heading)
have been horrible for Veterans. They say they
care about Veterans but all they actually do is create unnecessary
and expensive wars and cut benefits for the things that Veterans who have served actually need.
As I mentioned on a previous page, I want to get us out of endless wars and the wasteful spending that is promoted by the military industrial complex. The War in Iran has already cost us hundreds of billions of dollars in destroyed equipment and other costs. The war has only made us less secure. And now, Trump and Downing want to increase our military budget to over 1.15 Trillion dollars.
Meanwhile, the Trump Administration has been cutting all kind of programs and services that actually help Veterans. It is a true disgrace. These include the following:
Drastic reduction in onboard employees at the VA as demonstrated by the following charts:
A reduction in new enrollees in the VA healthcare system as shown by the following chart.
This is a testimonial from a Montana Veteran included in a U.S. Senate Report on the state of Veterans' healthcare.
In addition to cuts in healthcare services, and increase in wait times, we have also seen cuts to the following other programs as well:
1,000 beds from the GPD program for homeless vets
Cut of $ 2.2 billions from programs that provide housing support for veterans through the Department of Housing and Urban Development through the "Housing First" program.
These are just some of the cuts to Veterans' programs. Again, all of this is driven by wealthy billionaires who want to spend endless amounts of money on endless wars, but hate to spend anything on Veterans who need the services. We need to reverse this trend completely.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-get-control-of-the-national-debt
I fully support the rights of workers to unionize.
As I mentioned in my post on affordability, one
of the things that we need to do to make life more
affordable in America is to raise wages. One way
to do that is to increase union ranks. Today,
the estimates are that about 6% of workers belong to a union; in the 1950's, it was closer to 30%.
We also need to look at increasing the minimum wage for large-scale employers such as Walmart and Amazon. For smaller to mid-size operations, I want to see us use wage subsidies.
I also oppose right to work legislation, in any form.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-lgbtq-rights
Montana is home to twelve (12) distinct tribal
Nations. In the Eastern District of Montana,
there are 6 distinct tribal lands.
As we know, the history of tribal-U.S. government relations is a sad and tragic one. Its legacy continues to this day. Most tribes today find themselves in a relationship of dependency on a federal government that does not fully respect them and views them as inferiors. I find this attitude abhorrent.
I want to see tribal autonomy repsected and the tribes given the opportunity to develop in their own ways. I know that all of the tribes would like to be as self-sufficient as possible, but for the foreseeable future they will require federal support in a variety of areas. If elected to Congress, I will treat tribes as equal sovereigns and ensure that their will and voice is respected. I will work with the tribes to get policies and funding in place that respects their independence and helps them function as freely as possible.
In this connection, there is much to be done to deal with the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women in Montana's tribal lands. We must do all we can to assist the tribes in restoring order, safety, and security on their lands, in a way that respects their soveriengty and ways of their communities. If elected to Congress, I will make this issue a priority.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-protect-a-woman-s-rights
The National Debt is reaching crisis levels.
It's no mystery as to why it is happening: we have
had a Congress for too long that is ruled by the wealthy elites who keep getting richer and richer while America goes deeper into debt. Politicians from both parties are to blame for this problem. Regardless, its time to get it done.
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), passed into law by Trump and Downing has been an absolute disaster for the National Debt. This chart shows how the OBBB is going to blow up the debt, while cutting benefits for the lower and middle class.
This chart shows where deficits are headed in the near-term as a result of the OBBB.
If we look at the history of debt development since the Eisenhower Administration, we see annual deficits year after year, with the worst happening during Bush and Trump Administrations.
The solution to the Debt Crisis, as proposed by billionaire investor and economist Ray Dalio, is to keep annual deficit spending to no greater than 3%. This chart outlines how the National Deficit will come into a more manageable range over time if we do that.
The way we do this is to raise revenue on the wealthy, corporations, and cut into bloated areas of our National Budget (such as the defense industry spending). History shows that this will not have a negative impact on Gross Domestic Product-indeed, some of the greatest period of economic growth over the past 60 years, came during the Eisenhower and Clinton Adminstrations- both times when we saw equitable tax rates on corporations and the wealthy.
First, check out this chart below. It shows that corporate taxes were very high in the 1950's, dipped very low in the mid 1980's, and then came back up, peaking in the late 1990's.
This chart below, shows very strong GDP performance in the 1950's, a brief spike in the mid 1980's, then the solid, sustained growth from the 1990's until the Bush tax cuts of the early 2000's.
This graph is a closer snap shot of the 1990's to 2024 period. Againk, the strongest GDP growth came during the mid to late 1990's when we had equitable and fair tax rates on corporations and higher earners.
This chart shows soaring corporate profits, and declining federal revenue from corporate profits--there is plenty of cash in corporate America which can be used to work on the debt.
The bottom line is that we can solve this problem, we just have to have the will to do it. We need to have regular people in Congress who are not slaves to the ruling wealthy elite, and who are willing to restore fiscal sanity to the Nation.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · miller4congress.com/copy-of-protect-and-strengthen-social