WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressmen Don Bacon (R-NE-02) was joined by Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-At Large), Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA-39), Rick Crawford (R-AR-01), Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-01), Elaine Luria (D-VA-02), Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at helping local governments utilize funding already al  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 28 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) announced the winners of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition, from Nebraska's Second District. Rep. Bacon works with the Nebraska Art Teachers Association to coordinate the competition. The first place-artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. While second place will be displayed in Rep. Bacon's Washington D.C. office and third place in the Omaha   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 30 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) offered the following statement on tomorrow's dedication of the James Wilke Memorial Bridge in rural Platte County, Nebraska. "Nothing can heal the heartache from the loss of farmer and first responder James Wilke, who gave his life trying to save a person stranded in their car during last year's floods. But here's something good: The James Wilke Memorial Br  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 2 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) offered the following statement after cosponsoring the bipartisan Flexibility for Localities and Eligibility Expansion Act of 2020 (FLEX Act), enabling cities and towns affected by coronavirus-related tax revenue loss to use previously approved federal relief funding on urgent local needs. "Communities across Nebraska have been hurt by coronavirus-related tax r  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: Much has changed in the four months since President Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law back in December - not the least of which is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, what has not changed is the importance of this agreement. Recovering financially from the economic damage caused by the pandemic will require an all-out effort on a nation-wide scale. Thankfully, the American  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) joined a bipartisan, bicameral push in Congress to include S. 2661, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, in the next COVID-19 relief package. Senator Fischer co-sponsored this bipartisan legislation, which would designate 9-8-8 as the three-digit number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. "We write to request the inclusion of S. 266  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: There is no denying that we find ourselves in tough times. Social distancing has drastically changed our normal daily routines. Nebraskans have had their hours cut or lost their jobs altogether. This economic distress has increased the difficulty many people are facing in putting food on the table. Thankfully, tough times often bring out the good in people. So many organizations around Nebraska are doing incredi  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement after President Trump said that his administration is in the process of developing plans to hold China and the World Health Organization accountable for failing to stop the initial spread of coronavirus: "The Chinese Communist Party said 'jump!' and the World Health Organization asked 'how high?' The Chinese Communist Party has constantly lied and the World Health Organization gave those lies cover. "People aro  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Representative Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) wrote a letter to AT&T urging the company to provide local broadcast programming to all of its subscribers in Nebraska. This includes subscribers in the North Platte and Scottsbluff media market areas who currently lack access to local broadcast channels on AT&T's satellite TV platform, DIRECTV. "It is imper  more