WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: On Wednesday morning of this week, in the elegant East Room of the White House, beneath a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt, the most significant advancement in community conservation in decades, the Great American Outdoors Act, was signed into law. It could not have come at a better time, as persons in this time of COVID shift urban travel plans for refuge in national parks and other public lands, and as the neighb  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) joined President Donald Trump today at the White House for the signing of the historic, groundbreaking conservation bill, the Great American Outdoors Act. "The Great American Outdoors Act represents one of the most significant advancements in community conservation in decades. The major two components of the bill will enhance our National Park System and th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE), released the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) addressing rural health and telehealth concerns. This EO creates new ways of financing for rural health, and extensions of emergency telehealth waivers previously limited to the COVID public health emergency. Smith, a senior member of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, has been a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) will host a Virtual Agriculture Summit, with online sessions each morning from Tuesday, August 18, through Friday, August 21. Those interested in attending must pre-register for each session individually at the links provided below. The Virtual Agriculture Summit provides Third District constituents an opportunity to hear from Smith and his special guests on the future of agr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: While the Third District of Nebraska is still feeling the impact of last year's historic floods, we are fortunately seeing recovery efforts along the Missouri River on all levels - local, state, and federal. On the federal level, the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (H.R. 7575), commonly known as WRDA, passed the House this week. WRDA is the legislation Congress and the President periodically enact to autho  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Today, U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE), John Yarmuth (D-KY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Don Young (R-AK) introduced comprehensive bipartisan legislation to provide $2 billion in flexible funding for community-based organizations to assist children, youth, and families experiencing homeless during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. H.R. 7950, the Emergency Family Stabilization Act (EFSA), would crea  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 4: Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, applauded President Trump's signing of an executive order expanding rural telehealth services: "President Trump has taken an important step toward ensuring that rural Americans can continue to access quality health care during this pandemic and into the future. I have long advocated for telehealth services, and the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement after Heartland Family Service (HFS), an Omaha-based non-profit organization, received $499,999 in Housing Assistance Grant funding from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime. The grant will provide housing and support services for people who are victims of human trafficking. "Heartland Family Service provid  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: When asked why he chose to dedicate his life to the fight for civil rights and racial equality, the late Congressman John Lewis once said, "Brother, each of us has the opportunity and the responsibility." He was right, of course. We all have the duty to stand up for what we believe in. Born in 1940 in Troy, Alabama, John Lewis experienced discrimination from a young age. The third of ten children, his parents wer  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 3: Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, released the following statement after the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) received $1.28 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT). "The Nebraska State Patrol is critical to protecting Nebraskans and enforcing the laws on the road that keep u  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse released the following statement after some private and parochial schools around the country will be prevented from opening this fall, despite meeting state guidelines for social distancing. * * * "There's no perfect playbook for running a successful K-12 program in the middle of a historic pandemic -- but here's what we know: mandating shutdowns of parochial and other private schools that  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement regarding U.S. sanctions against Hong Kong and Chinese government officials who played key roles in killing Hong Kong's autonomy. "Carrie Lam is Beijing's hatchet woman. She worked with the Chinese Communist Party to kill Hong Kong's autonomy and gut the rule of law. These cowards betrayed the fr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting transactions with ByteDance, TikTok's parent company. "It's all fun and games until the communists start data harvesting. TikTok is an invitation to the Chinese Communist Party to spy on our lives. They built it to scrape personal info  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on Aug. 6: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Issued the following statement after Twitter began to label Chinese Communist Party and Kremlin propaganda outlets as "state-affiliated media." "Earlier this year, I urged Twitter to throw the Chinese Communist Party's propagandists off Twitter. "Today, Twitter is taking an important step to label Beijing's state-r  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), respectively the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety, released the following statements after their legislation to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration (PHMSA) unanimously passed the Senate: "I am pleased that our bipartis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug. 6: Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced the Achieving Thorough Transparency & Accessibility for Information Navigation (ATTAIN) on Mental Health Act. The legislation would create a user-friendly online dashboard to assist applicants for federal mental health grants. "Mental health is a crisis in this country, and the effects of the COVID pandemic have only made  more