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ICYMI: Sheehy finds his footing after bruising campaign
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2025 ICYMI: Sheehy finds his footing after bruising campaign Punchbowl reports that Senator Sheehy has hit the ground running on bipartisan legislation to overhaul how the U.S. government fights and prevents wildfires. Senator Sheehy is the only first-year senator to have passed a bill in the first 100 days of the 119th Congress. In case you missed it… Sheehy finds his footing after bruising campaign Andrew Desiderio April 16, 2025 Punchbowl Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) was elected to the Senate last year as a full-throated supporter of President Donald Trump, promising to “back him up 100% of the time.” But during his nascent Senate tenure, Sheehy — a former Navy SEAL
Sheehy Statement on President Trump Protecting Colstrip and Montana Jobs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2025 Sheehy Statement on President Trump Protecting Colstrip 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 recently lifting a burdensome Biden administration environmental mandate intended to shut down certain coal-fired power plants, including Montana’s Colstrip Power Plant. “Thank you, President Trump, for protecting Colstrip, Montana jobs, and American coal. It’s time to put an end to the radical climate cult mandates of the Biden era and make America energy dominant. With President Trump back in charge, we are unleashing our resource economy and making
Sheehy Speaks with Montana Students About Leadership and Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2025 Sheehy Speaks with Montana Students About Leadership and Service Sheehy is Encouraging Students to Consider Attending a U.S. Service Academy MILES CITY, Mont. – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) today visited Lewistown and Miles City to talk with Montana students about leadership and service and help them learn more about attending a United States Service Academy. “My wife and I met at the Naval Academy and were both proud to serve our country, me as a Navy SEAL and Carmen as a Marine. We both know how rewarding it is to live a life of service after
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