WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon Announces Community Leader and Gold Star Wife as His Presidential Address Guests WASHINGTON - Every year, for the Presidential Address or State of the Union address before a joint session of congress, Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) has invited a member of the community to join him as his guest. This year, Rep. Bacon is pleased to announce two guests who have accepted his invitation and ARE attending: Mar  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon Issues Statement on Trump's Address Washington, D.C. - Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) issued the following statement after President Trump's address to the joint session of Congress. "President Trump ran and won on a platform of raising wages, lowering inflation, slashing government spending, securing the border, gaining energy independence, and increasing our national deterrence to foreign adversaries.  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon, Crow Lead Bipartisan Legislation Preserving USAF Fighter Force Structure WASHINGTON - Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), alongside Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Andy Harris (R-MD), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), John James (R-MI), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), introduced H.R 1851, the Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act. This legislation preserves   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on March 7, 2025: * * * Bringing Americans Together to Confront Our Challenges When President Trump took office, historic inflation and a failure of leadership by the Biden administration had hammered American families and small businesses. Disastrous policies led to our agriculture producers losing ground in export markets, deadly fentanyl flooding across the border, and dangerous criminals and terrorists threa  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Flood: America's Renewal Under President Trump is Just Getting Started WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood issued a statement following U.S. President Donald J. Trump's address to a joint session of Congress. "President Trump's speech to Congress was a celebration of America and the renewal our country is experiencing. Under his leadership, illegal border crossings have  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Questions Expert Witnesses on Defense Mobilization Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned expert witnesses about the use of the Defense Protection Act (DPA) for defense mobilization. She asked the witnesses about ensuring that the DPA is invoked only for situations that truly relate to national defense. During the hearing  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Statement on Detention of Abbey Gate Bombing Terrorist Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) issued the statement below regarding the detention of the Abbey Gate bombing terrorist: "The man who planned the Abbey Gate bombing deserves to be brought to swift and unrelenting justice. His detention is long-awaited good news, especially for the families of the 13 American service members m  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Statement on President Trump's Joint Address to Congress Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) issued the statement below following President Trump's joint address to Congress: "This evening, President Trump reinforced his dedication to renewing the American Dream. It was shameful to see the disrespect and lack of decorum directed at the president from Democrat members of Congress. In  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Jerilyn Church, board president of Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health, from a Feb. 27, 2025, public witness hearing on the funding of tribal health programs: * * * My name is Jerilyn Church. I am the President/Chief Executive Office of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (GPTLHB) and am enrolled as a tribal member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tr  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, issued the following news release on March 4, 2025: * * * Flood: The Housing Affordability Challenge Affects Everyone Today, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a Housing and Insurance Subcommittee hearing, led by Subcommittee Chair Mike Flood (NE-01), to examine the factors and policies that have led to the lack of housing supply in America. Read   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee released the following testimony by Buck Wehrbein, president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, from a Feb. 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Perspectives From the Field: Farmer and Rancher Views on the Agricultural Economy, Part 2": * * * Chairman Boozman, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here to testify before you today. My name is Buck Wehrbein, and I am a ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following written testimony by Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Secretary Cheyenne Robinson from a Feb. 26, 2025, public witness hearing on funding priorities for fiscal 2026: * * * On behalf of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, I am pleased to submit this written testimony on our funding priorities for fiscal year 2026 Department of Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau o  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on March 3, 2025: * * * Representatives Bacon, Morelle Lead Bipartisan Effort to Combat Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Today, Reps. Don Bacon (R, NE-02) and Joe Morelle (D, NY-25) introduced two pieces of legislation to advance research, treatment, and prevention of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). The legislation includes the bipartisan Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act as well as   more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Celebrates Senate Passage of His CRA Resolution to Overturn CFPB's Regulatory Overreach of Consumer Payment Companies WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) celebrated Senate passage of his Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)'s latest overreach in the digital consumer payment market. The legislation would null  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Introduces Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Trump's Nominee to Lead NIH WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Trump's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Senator Ricketts said the following of Dr. Bhattacharya: "He showed gre  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts on Trump Message to Congress: "America is Back" WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), reacted to President Trump's speech to a Joint Session of Congress. He made the following comments while on a conference call with Nebraska media: "Last night, America heard from a President who got right to the point with the first line of his address: America is back," said   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Statement on Confirmation of Linda McMahon to be U.S. Secretary of Education WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), issued the following statement after voting to confirm Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education: "The best way to improve educational outcomes is by empowering states and local school districts. Linda McMahon understands that. She served on the Con  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts, Klobuchar Introduce Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act. The bipartisan bill would allow companies to preserve Renewable Identification Number credits (RINs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, when the fuel for use is in ocean  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Announces Postponement of Upcoming Staff Outreach Event Washington, D.C. - The previously announced staff outreach event scheduled for Tuesday, March 4th in Kimball has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for a later date. For additional information, please contact Smith's Grand Island office at (308) 384-3900, his Scottsbluff office at (308) 633-6333, or his Nebraska City office at (402)  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Statement on President Trump's Joint Address Washington, D.C. - Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after President Trump delivered his 2025 joint address to Congress: "When President Trump took office, historic inflation and a failure of leadership had hammered American families and small businesses. Since his inauguration, the president has delivered on his campaign p  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following written testimony by Victoria Kitcheyan, chairwoman of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, from a Feb. 26, 2025, public witness hearing on budget requests for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Education: * * * Summary of Budget Requests: * Bureau of Indian Affairs - Public Safety & Justice - Criminal Investigations and Police  more