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ICYMI: The Senate’s bipartisan wildfire-fighting duo
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2025 ICYMI: The Senate’s bipartisan wildfire-fighting duo Semafor is out with a new report on bipartisan efforts by U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) and Alex Padilla (D – Calif.) to improve the federal response to wildfire. In case you missed it… The Senate’s bipartisan wildfire-fighting duo Burgess Everett May 28, 2025 Semafor 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
Sheehy Leads Letter Supporting Trump’s Leadership to Protect America from Wildfires
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2025 Sheehy Leads Letter Supporting Trump’s Leadership to Protect America from Wildfires U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) alongside 16 Senate and House Republicans sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump expressing strong support for executive action the Administration is considering to mitigate the escalating wildfire crisis threatening America. “While some improvements to our federal wildfire response will require congressional action, we believe executive action offers the most immediate path to fostering interagency cohesion, streamlining outdated processes, and ensuring a robust response to wildfires. We stand ready to fully support your leadership in protecting American communities from the
Sheehy Updates Montanans on REAL ID Implementation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2025 Sheehy Updates Montanans on REAL ID Implementation U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) today provided the following update to Montana constituents regarding the implementation of the REAL ID Act. “My office has received numerous inquiries from Montanans regarding the implementation of REAL ID. As your senator, I am committed to working every day to positively impact the lives of all Montanans through timely and high-quality constituent services. The Trump Administration provided our office with relevant information regarding REAL ID that we are making available to constituents today,” said Senator Sheehy. Background on REAL ID provided by the Trump
Washington Reporter: Interview: Montana’s Tim Sheehy Tells it Like it is: GOP is Going to “Get Shit Done”
The Washington ReporterFeb 11, 2025 The Lowdown: Sen. Tim Sheehy says the “entire” GOP is aligned and looking to “get shit done” on budget reconciliation and on securing the border. Sheehy blasted the Democrats as being in “full flail” after being “routed” in November, even after they played the “personal character assassination” and “actual assassination” playbooks. The Montana Republican said that “Americans who have voted Democrat their whole lives” are moving to the GOP over the recent revelations of USAID funding. Sheehy noted that “instead of coalescing around a message of policy that will resonate with Americans,” the Democrats are “doing this frantic, flailing
The Hill: Senators proposing new wildfire agency
Ashleigh Fields Feb 6, 2025 A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday that would create a new Wildfire Intelligence Agency, seeking to streamline the federal response to fires. The bill, led by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), came in the wake of recent blazes that decimated parts of Southern California, primarily in the Los Angeles region. “The scale of the wildfire crisis demands a singular, whole-of-government wildfire intelligence center to foster cross-agency collaboration and save lives,” Padilla wrote in a statement. The joint office would share information with the Department of Agriculture, the Department
Semafor: Sens. Padilla, Sheehy propose new wildfire agency
Burgess Everett Feb 6, 2025 Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy is teaming up with California Sen. Alex Padilla on a bill to organize wildfire response under a new National Wildland Firefighting Service within the Interior Department, according to details first shared with Semafor. The bill would require the Agriculture and Interior secretaries to combine their wildfire operations under the new agency, with a specific budget and plans for a Senate-confirmable director. Sheehy said the current bureaucratic organization under multiple departments had “failed” firefighters and led to towns being engulfed by wildfires: “The time is now to reshape our approach to American wildfire management and start fighting