WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: At today's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and Northern Command (NORTHCOM), U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, questioned STRATCOM Commander Admiral Charles Richard about nuclear modernization. "As the great power competition continues to escalate, a modern and effective nuclear deterrent is absolutely vital f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Feb. 11: At today's Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) questioned witnesses about efforts to create new rules that compensate college athletes for commercial use of their names, images, and likenesses without unintentionally harming competiveness for Nebraska's colleges, student-athlete recruitment, or women's athletic pr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: The air pollution in Beijing, China is so bad that it takes years off your life. Some days it looks like fog. As a service to the Chinese people, the United States Embassy implemented an air quality tracking monitor. The Chinese government was not happy. In early December, Dr. Li Wenliang, a Chinese ophthalmologist in the city of Wuhan, alerted his medical school classmates that an unknown illness was sweep  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * - The Bipartisan and Bicameral Safe to Report Act Protects Service Members from Facing Undue Consequences for Reporting Cases of Sexual Assault * * * U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate to establish a "Safe to Report" standard in the military.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) voted no on the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2019 last Wednesday. The bill would designate a total of 1.5 million acres of new wilderness, 843 miles of wild and scenic rivers, and expand national monuments by 100,00 acres, even though the National Forest System (NFS) did not recommend many of the areas for the designation. The bill would cover areas in three states: California, Col  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: A bipartisan group of members of Congress pressured the Department of Defense to take traumatic brain injuries in the military seriously just days after President Trump appeared to downplay ones suffered by service members in an attack launched by Iran. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress-urges-pentagon-to-take-brain-injury-seriously-as-trump-downplays-the-damage  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) and Senator Deb Fischer offered the following statement after the introduction of the RELIEF Act. "Nearly a year ago, Nebraska experienced a devastating 500-year-flood event. Nebraskans responded with characteristic care and resilience. This week, I introduced the RELIEF Act to make water infrastructure repairs in the wake of such disasters more cost-efficient  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Constituents of Third District Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) are invited to meet with a congressional caseworker from his office in McCook and Franklin on Monday, February 24th. Caseworker in Your Community is an opportunity for constituents to meet directly with one of Smith's congressional caseworkers who may be able to assist those with flood recovery concerns as well as with federal agencies such as   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: Since its ratification more than 230 years ago, our Constitution has served as the basis of our system of government, framing the rule of law Americans live by. The separation of powers among the three branches of our government - legislative, judicial, and executive - are specifically and carefully designed to provide checks and balances on government power. The process for amending the Constitution, is also cle  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Feb. 13: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce and Agriculture Committees, joined U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), to host the first meeting of a bipartisan rural working group with rural leaders and stakeholders in Washington. This working group is meant to help address the challenges facing rural America. "The heartland is  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, met with Commander of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) Admiral Charles Richard ahead of his testimony before the full Senate committee tomorrow. "I appreciated the opportunity to visit with Admiral Richard ahead of his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) introduced bicameral legislation which would help speed up disaster recovery and infrastructure repairs by creating opportunities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to cooperate with local sponsors. "Nebraska has made progress recovering from last year's devastating fl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: On February 4th, the President gave his State of the Union speech to Congress and to the American people. The annual address is meant to be a unifying tradition, a return to the qualities that have defined the American spirit since our founding: equality for all, freedom of faith, a level playing field, and the opportunity to reap the rewards of the hard work we sow. The State of the Union is a measure of who we   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, an outspoken China hawk, issued the following statement regarding Huawei, after the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials have said that Huawei can covertly access mobile-phone networks. "The freedom-loving world can't sit back and let surveillance state communists infect our infrastructure. "Trusted tech comes from trusted suppliers, and Huawei is the Chinese Communist Part  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on Feb. 11: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, the author of the bipartisan Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, delivered the following opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing "The Infant Patient: Ensuring Appropriate Medical Care for Children Born Alive." Good morning. I want to thank Chairman Graham for allowing me the opportunity to chair this hearing. I also want to thank the ranking memb  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- 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 after the Department of Justice indicted four members of China's military for their role in the Equifax breach. "Warning lights are still flashing red. First the Chinese Government hacked OPM and built a massive spy-database in 2014, and now four Chinese military members have been indicted in the 2017   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- 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 federal charges against Huawei Technologies Co., LTD and several of its subsidiaries. "This is excellent news, because it tells the truth. Huawei is an arm of the Chinese Communist Party, and the Department of Justice ought to nail Chairman Xi's tech puppet to the wall. "These crimes - rack  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence who led opposition against the Department of Defense's soft-stance on Huawei, issued the following statement regarding reports that the Department of Defense has dropped its objections to Commerce Department regulations that make it difficult for U.S. companies to sell to Huawei. "The Administration is right to go after Huawei, an  more