WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on Dec. 4, 2023:

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Remembering a Nebraska Icon

This week, we will celebrate the 150th birthday of one of Nebraska's foremost literary icons: Willa Cather. Cather, who died in 1947, was born on December 7, 1873. One hundred and fifty years after that day, her legacy lives on through her poignant novels -- including American classics "O Pioneers!" and "My A . . .

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