WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood applauded the bipartisan passage of H.J. Res. 109, a measure that repeals the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, also known as SAB 121. "Since President Biden took office, his administration has made it a point to test the limits of, and take shortcuts around, the public rulemaking processes. Staff Accounting Bulletin, or SAB 121, i  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood delivered remarks during debate on H.J. Res. 109, a measure that repeals the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, also known as SAB 121. Video of Rep. Flood's comments can be found here. A transcript of his remarks can be found below. Mr. Speaker, I'm pleased to speak in support of my bipartisan Resolution, H.J. Res. 109, a Congress  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan "She DRIVES Act" Estimated to Save 1,300+ Lives, Prevent and Mitigate Thousands of Serious Injuries Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) introduced legislation to improve passenger vehicle safety by requiring the use of the most advanced testing devices available -- including a female crash test dummy. The She Develops Regulations In Vehicle Equality and Safety (She DRIVES) Act would enh  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, welcomed Senate passage of legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for five years. This bill includes several provisions championed by Senator Fischer to advance safety and to support rural regional airports across Nebraska. "This major legislation will strengthen safety for the flying   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Urge USPS to Request a Comprehensive Assessment of Proposed Changes from its Regulator and Address the Results Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) joined her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) urging the agency to pause planned changes to its processing and delivery network that could slow down mail delivery until the potential impacts are further stud  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and U.S. Representatives Mike Flood (NE-01), Don Bacon (NE-02), and Adrian Smith (NE-03) sent a letter to President Joe Biden in support of Governor Jim Pillen's (R-Neb.) request for a major disaster declaration for areas impacted by severe storms in Nebraska's Panhandle early last month. Specifically, Governor Pillen's request follow  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - This week, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood joined U.S. Congressman Don Bacon as well as U.S. Senators Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts to break ground on a new U. S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's (UNL) Innovation Campus. The new ARS facility was made possible due to the minibus appropriations bill that awarded  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: STANTON, NEBRASKA - On Friday, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood and State Senator Rob Dover of Norfolk hosted a news conference to highlight $70 million in new funding for the US-275 expressway project and talk about what this means for the future of Northeast Nebraska communities. The project has been converting the existing two-lane highway into a four-lane expressway. Currently, the Nebraska Department of Transp  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on May 10, 2024: * * * Pushing Back on Unworkable Executive Mandates In 2014, President Obama famously said, "I've got a pen and I've got a phone," telling the American people he didn't care whether Congress had provided legislative authority for his favored policies--he would go it alone whenever he felt like it. Ten years later, Obama's then-Vice President, now-President Joe Biden has been ruling in the same fa  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on May 8, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), released the following statement after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it will transfer operations of the North Platte, NE Mail Processing and Distribution Center to Denver, CO and convert the North Platte facility to a Local Processing Center. "This decision--leaving the entire Third District, more land area than the state of North Dakota  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on May 10, 2024: * * * President Biden's Betrayal of Israel Antisemitism is reaching fever pitch across the country, a level I never thought possible in the United States of America. Mere months after Hamas's October 7th assault on Israel, anti-Israel protests have overtaken one of our most influential cultural institutions: the university. At Columbia University, students told Jewish students to "Go back to Pola  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on May 6, 2024: * * * Time to Rebuild I never expected that after attending a couple events in Omaha I'd be rushing to a friend's basement for cover from massive tornadoes at the end of April. But that's what thousands of Nebraskans were doing that weekend. The strongest tornadoes our state has seen in years swept across Nebraska, leaving unbelievable damage in their wake. Miraculously, there were no fatalities in  more