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U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy Introduces Homeowner Energy Freedom Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2025 U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy Introduces Homeowner Energy Freedom Act U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy today introduced the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act to lower costs, protect consumer choice, and make the American Dream of home ownership more attainable for Montanans. The bill repeals three burdensome provisions from the Democrats’ so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which implemented radical environmentalist polices that forced state and local governments to adopt costly energy codes. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that these energy codes can create as much as $31,000 in additional costs for home buyers. “Skyrocketing energy and housing costs have
U.S. Senators Sheehy, Hagerty, Tuberville Introduce No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2025 U.S. Senators Sheehy, Hagerty, Tuberville Introduce No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy, Bill Hagerty (R – Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R – Ala.) today introduced the “No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act” to keep American taxpayer dollars out of the hands of the Taliban. The bill makes clear that it is the policy of the United States to oppose financial or material support to the Taliban by foreign governments and non-government organizations (NGOs). It also requires the State Department to develop and implement a strategy to oppose foreign countries from providing support to the
U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy Joins Senators Risch, Daines in Introducing Northwest Energy Security Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2025 U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy Joins Senators Risch, Daines in Introducing Northwest Energy Security Act U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy today joined U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R – Idaho), Steve Daines (R – Mont.), and others in introducing the Northwest Energy Security Act to protect the four lower Snake River dams. The legislation supports the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) and the many benefits it brings to our region by improving and maintaining hydropower assets, ensuring operations throughout the system are conducted in accordance with the latest federal scientific review, and continuing to allow native salmon to recover at record rates.
Sheehy co-sponsors Laken Riley Act in Senate
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/montana-sen-tim-sheehy-co-sponsors-laken-riley-act
Washington Reporter: Exclusive Sen. Tim Sheehy donates salary to charity, follows through on ethics pledge
https://washingtonreporter.news/p/exclusive-sen-tim-sheehy-donates
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, promote year-round firefighter employment, and remove what he considers to be burdensome policies that hinder firefighting in moments of crisis. On Thursday, Sheehy called the Chronicle after leaving Jimmy Carter’s funeral, using the former president’s past bipartisanship as an analogy for doing the same in today’s highly polarized political