Daines Fights to Provide Volunteer Firefighters, Veterans with Relief from Overreaching Obamacare Regulations

Press Release

Representative Steve Daines today worked to move forward bipartisan legislation that provides Montana volunteer firefighters and veterans with relief from overreaching Obamacare regulations and the unintended consequences of the law's employer mandate.

The Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014 and Hire More Heroes Act of 2013, both of which are co-sponsored by Daines and passed with strong bipartisan support today, seek to protect volunteer fire departments from costly fines and work to incentivize small businesses to hire more veterans.

"Hundreds of Montana communities rely on volunteer firefighters for critical services. It's unconscionable that Obamacare's overreaching mandates could jeopardize the security of our volunteer fire departments and their ability to keep our communities safe," Daines stated. "It's also unacceptable that those same regulations threaten small businesses' ability to hire qualified veterans. I'm proud to join the House in passing bipartisan solutions that put the men and women who serve our nation and communities first and protect them from the consequences of the President's overreaching mandates."

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