Bozeman Daily Chronicle: ‘How many genders are there?’: Sheehy debuts in Hegseth hearing, reiterating support for ‘warfighters’

Laurenz Busch Chronicle Staff WriterJan 15, 2025 Sen. Tim Sheehy kept things relatively simple while eliciting laughter during an otherwise contentious confirmation hearing of Department of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, as the newly elected senator leaned on his campaign stump material. Sheehy, a newly minted member of the U.S. Senate’s Armed Services […]

Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Sheehy calls for bipartisan wildfire reform promoting better wages and private partnerships

Laurenz Busch Chronicle Staff Writer Jan 13, 2025 As California’s most destructive fires in history continue, newly elected Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) wants bipartisan federal reform to tackle nationwide “year-round” wildfire threats causing billions of dollars in damage. The co-founder of the Gallatin County-based aerial firefighting company Bridger Aerospace said he wants to mandate response guidelines, […]

CNN: Montana elected a firefighter to the Senate. He’s already pushing for solutions

Zachary B. Wolf Jan 10, 2025 CNN — With wildfires fires ravaging Los Angeles, the firefighter-turned-senator from Montana wants to fight bureaucracy.  Less than a week into his new job, Montana Republican Tim Sheehy is finding plenty of use for his previous experience as an aerial firefighter and wildfire entrepreneur as he pushes for new legislation to address […]

AXIOS: Freshman wishlist: Tim Sheehy to fight fires from the Senate

Stef W. Knight Jan 8, 2025 Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) is fresh off his victory over one of the last red-state Democrats and has his next target: fixing how the federal government fights wildfires. Why it matters: Sheehy, who has worked fighting wildfires, told Axios that he is focused on passing reforms to the system […]