WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: There is an extraordinarily important committee in Washington you might not have heard of: CFIUS, or The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. This high-level interagency panel assists the President in overseeing national security consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the American economy. Since its inception, CFIUS has discreetly operated at the intersection of national security p  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 14 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-01) offered the following statement after agreeing to cosponsor the Agricultural Security Review Act (H.R. 6540), which amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture on the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The Committee currently includes the U.S. Secretaries of Treasury, State, Def  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 16 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act that was voted on in the House: "In three separate tranches of massive federal relief, Congress has acted to protect our health care system, protect individuals and families, while protecting our economic well-being. "Unfortunately, today's act does not reflect the unified, bipartisan spirit of those previous efforts and needs to be   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) announced the winners of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for the Third District of Nebraska. Artwork by the first place winner will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol. The runners-up will have their art displayed in Rep. Smith's Washington, D.C., Grand Island, and Scottsbluff offices. Smith worked with the Nebraska Art Teachers Association to coordinate the competition.   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: COVID-19 has certainly affected all of our lives. To slow the spread of this virus, we have been asked to go without many things: sporting and entertainment events, family functions, celebrations, and even congregating for worship services. While this situation is far from ideal, I am thankful we have technology to bridge the gap and keep us connected. I miss being able to travel the vast Third District and meet   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ) introduced H.R. 6792, the Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act, to improve the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) telehealth fix created by the CARES Act. While the CARES Act allowed RHCs to begin providing telehealth services to their Medicare patients, the reimbursement provision required RHCs which provide telehealth services to do a sig  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined a bipartisan letter with 13 of her Senate colleagues to congressional leaders seeking additional funding for programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would assist pork producers who are being forced to depopulate livestock herds because of restaurant and meat processing plant closures during the pandemic.  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led a bipartisan group of 18 of her Senate colleagues in writing a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting that the department investigate potential anticompetitive activities in the highly concentrated beef packing sector. "Recent pricing discrepancies between fed cattle and boxed beef are pushing cattle producers a  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: During this COVID-19 emergency, the way in which Americans have responded has been remarkable. I have seen so many stories of individuals, communities, and businesses reacting to this pandemic in new and creative ways, both in Nebraska and around the country. As we have had to distance ourselves physically to flatten the curve, digital technologies have been the lifelines that keep us connected. Much of this conne  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators for Idaho Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined Senator Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) and 16 of their Senate colleagues in writing a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting that the department investigate potential anticompetitive activities in the highly concentrated beef packing sector. "Recent pricing discrepancies between fed cattle and boxed beef are pushing cattle producers and feeders  more