WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon and Crow Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Small Business Owners Save Money Small Business Energy Loan Enhancement Act would nearly double the maximum SBA loan amount available for energy efficiency investments WASHINGTON -- Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE-02) and Jason Crow (D-CO-06) have introduced bipartisan legislation to help small business owners save money by increasing the federal loan amount a  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Flood Applauds White House Decision to Staff Up National Weather Service in Nebraska VALLEY, NEBRASKA - Today, Rep. Mike Flood visited the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Valley, Nebraska to celebrate a decision by the Trump administration to put additional resources there, allowing weather balloons to return to the skies. Previously, the NWS office had ceased daily weather ballo  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Flood Celebrates 2025 Congressional Art Competition Winners LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - U.S. Congressman Mike Flood recently celebrated the winner and runners-up of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition. The two runners-up from Nebraska's First Congressional District will have their artwork displayed in Congressman Flood's District Office in Lincoln and his Washington, D.C. office. The winner's   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska Delegation Echoes Governor's Request for Major Disaster Declaration Following Spring Storms 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 Donald Trump in support of Governor Jim Pillen's (R-Neb.) request for a major disaster declaration for areas impacted by se  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Statement on Terror Attack in Kashmir OMAHA, NE - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement in response to a deadly terror attack in Kashmir: " As President Trump has said, the United States stands strong with India against terrorism. Prime Minister Modi and the Indian people are in my prayers as they mourn this horrific attack." *** Original text here:   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Ricketts Statement on the Death of Pope Francis OMAHA, NE - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement on the death of Pope Francis: " Pope Francis will be remembered as a servant of Christ and the Church. His life of humility and devotion to mercy will continue to inspire Catholics worldwide." *** Original text here: https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-rel  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Calls for 2025 Angels in Adoption Nominations Washington, D.C. - Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) opened nominations this week for the 2025 Angels in Adoption Award for Nebraska's Third District. Angels in Adoption, a project of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, provides Members of Congress the opportunity to honor an individual or entity from their districts for extraordinary  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Statement on Progress in Trade Talks with India Washington, DC -- Today, Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Terms of Reference have been finalized for negotiation of a trade agreement. "With one of the world's fastest growing economies and larges  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Smith, Bipartisan Colleagues Call for E15 Waiver to Provide Fuel Price Relief Washington, DC -- Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE), Angie Craig (D-MN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Mark Pocan (D-WI) led 25 members of Congress urging the administration to lower prices at the gas pump by allowing the nationwide sale of E-15 this summer. The bipartisan letter asked President Donald Trump to extend the R  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: * * * The Constitutional Rights of Law-Abiding Gun Owners The right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American experiment in self-governance. From its founding, our nation has recognized how a free people must not be deprived of means of protection and self-defense. In 1791, the Founders enshrined the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, declaring the right to bear arms "shall not be infringed."   more