Helena, MT — The Montana Freedom Caucus (MTFC) announced their top five legislative priorities for the 2023 session during a public event with Congressman Matt Rosendale on January 19 at the State Capitol. These priorities are essential to reining in government growth, supporting, and defending the U.S. and Montana Constitutions, fighting for parents’ rights first, ensuring the integrity of our elections, and preventing foreign government control of Montana lands.

The five priorities are:

1. Judicial Reform – reining in judicial processes that allow judges to regularly legislate from the bench and ignore the will of the voters.
2. The Budget Surplus – returning surplus tax revenue to the people of Montana who pay the taxes.
3. Parental Rights – guaranteeing that parents are always first when it comes to raising, educating, and protecting their own children. This includes school choice, reforming Child Protective Services, and removing any measure that would unnecessarily place any government agency between parent and child.
4. Election Integrity – ensuring that our elections are free, fair, accurate and legal –representing the will of the citizens of Montana.
5. No Foreign Land or ESG – ensuring that no foreign nations purchase or control any land in Montana. This also means preventing all efforts to implement Environmental Social Governance (aka social credit scores).

Congressman Matt Rosendale and approximately 200 Montana citizens joined the members of the Montana Freedom Caucus at their Celebrate Courage event to introduce each member of the caucus, explain why the caucus formed, and how they intend to work together to achieve the caucus’ legislative priorities.

The #MTLeg Freedom Caucus is holding its official launch event at the Montana State Capitol, with U.S. House Freedom Caucus member ⁦@RepRosendale⁩ as a guest speaker. #MTPol #MTNews pic.twitter.com/JDKUtoTcw8

— Jonathon Ambarian (@JSAmbarian) January 20, 2023