– Closing corporate tax loopholes for companies that ship jobs overseas.

– Improving U.S. and Montana manufacturing and technology competitiveness.

– Increasing job opportunities for veterans. “Hiring our heroes is just common sense, but we need to encourage businesses to hire those who have sacrificed for our country,” Curtis said.

– Promoting family farmers and ranchers, who Curtis said are “hampered by corporate ag at every level from the price they can get for the product they produce to the cost of sending their product across the world.”

– Advancing employment on Indian reservations by making job training assistance, natural resources management programs and economic development program top priorities.

– Protecting Montana workers by paying them a fair wage and ensuring men and women are given equal pay for equal work.

Curtis said she supports raising the federal minimum wage, which is now $7.25 an hour and which President Barack Obama has asked Congress to increase to $10.10 an hour. The Democratic candidate said she’s focused on making the minimum wage a livable wage everywhere, even though it may vary by city.