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President Trump Signs Sheehy’s Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act into Law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2025 President Trump Signs Sheehy’s Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act into LawPresident Trump also signs Executive Action to Combat Wildfire Crisis U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy today joined President Trump in the Oval Office as the president signed Sheehy’s bipartisan Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act into law. President Trump also signed a new executive order to combat the escalating wildfire crisis threatening the country. “Eliminating bureaucratic obstacles to fight wildfires more quickly and aggressively is America First common sense, and I am honored to have President Trump sign my first bill into law so we can better support the brave
Sheehy Statement on President Trump Protecting Bull Mountains Mine and Montana Jobs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2025 Sheehy Statement on President Trump Protecting Bull Mountains Mine and Montana Jobs U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) today released the following statement in support of President Donald J. Trump and the Department of the Interior’s announcement of an approval of the mining plan modification for the Bull Mountains coal mine. A key step in advancing President Donald J. Trump’s energy emergency directives and strengthening U.S. energy partnerships abroad, the action authorizes Signal Peak Energy, LLC to recover approximately 22.8 million tons of federal coal and 34.5 million tons of adjacent non-federal coal, extending the
Sheehy’s Bipartisan Wildfire Bill Heading to President Trump’s Desk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 3, 2025 Sheehy’s Bipartisan Wildfire Bill Heading to President Trump’s DeskAerial Firefighting Enhancement Act Passes Senate, House U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy’s bipartisan Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act is headed to President Donald J. Trump’s desk after passing the House of Representatives today. The bill, introduced by Senator Sheehy in January alongside Senator Martin Heinrich (D – N.M.), strengthens the wildfire suppression fleet and ensures the United States can better combat the year-round threat of catastrophic wildfire. The bill passed the Senate unanimously in April. “This year is the most dangerous and expensive wildfire year in history, and the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act will give
FOX News: ICYMI: SENS SHEEHY, WARREN: Pentagon wastes billions with devastating repair rules. We’re working together to stop it.
Senator Tim Sheehy and Elizabeth Warren May 29, 2025 Our defense industrial base is stumbling. For years, the U.S. Department of Defense – under both Republicans and Democrats – failed to address one of the most fundamental issues within our military industrial complex, perverse incentives for contractors. But with the recently announced Army Transformation Initiative, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and General Randy George are taking a major step to stand up for soldiers and strengthen our military readiness. Driscoll’s plan will help end one source of waste, fraud, and abuse. Every other military branch should follow their lead – and, if they do,
Semafor: The Senate’s bipartisan wildfire-fighting duo
Burgess Everett May 28, 2025 THE NEWS A few months ago, Alex Padilla was trying to keep Tim Sheehy out of the US Senate. Now the two senators are emerging as a forceful bipartisan duo. The California Democrat and Montana Republican are collaborating on a series of bills intended to more aggressively fight the wildfire epidemic now gripping the country from coast to coast. They’ve bonded over raising kids as senators, shared drinks, and — yes — Padilla thinks Sheehy is an OK guy, despite defeating former Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., during Padilla’s stint as a deputy on Democrats’ campaign arm last year. “Don’t get
Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Amid bipartisanship efforts, Sheehy urges Trump to use executive power for wildfire response
Laurenz Busch Chronicle Staff Writer May 7, 2025 Amid numerous bipartisan endeavors in the U.S. Senate to revamp the country’s wildfire response apparatus, Sen. Tim Sheehy and fellow Republicans are now looking toward Pres. Trump to expedite change with executive power. In a letter sent Wednesday, 17 Republicans praised Trump’s recent mention of a Federal Wildland Fire Service to provide a “streamlined approach to wildfire response,” and urged him to take “immediate, decisive action”. “While some improvements to our federal wildfire response will require congressional action,” the group wrote, “we believe executive action offers the most immediate path to fostering interagency cohesion, streamlining outdated processes,