WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on June 13, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood released a statement following a vote on H.R. 1615 also known as the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act. "As places like Berkley, California and the State of New York have banned gas stoves, federal agencies have signaled their support for such moves. "These decisions shouldn't be made by government bureaucrats pushed by Green New Deal activists - Am  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on June 14, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood issued a statement following a vote on H.R. 277, also known as the REINS Act or Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023. "From his attempts to dramatically expand the scope of the Waters of the U.S. to his new emissions rule for trucks, President Biden has repeatedly overreached as he imposes new rules on the American economy desi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 15 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood announced he will host his first Flyover Fintech conference in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 2, 2023, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "I am excited to welcome industry leaders and public officials from across the country to Lincoln to talk about the future of fintech, digital assets, and our global economy," said Congressman Flood. "It's a speci  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced the bipartisan Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act this week to improve federal mental health support programs available to our nation's firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other emergency response personnel. "I'm pleased to co-lead the HERO Act because our firefighters and first responders deserve our full support.   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, released the following statement after President Biden vetoed her legislation to overturn an aggressive EPA regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions. The rule is expected to devastate the trucking industry, raise costs for consumers, and incentivize older, less efficient trucks to stay on the road. "Today, Presi  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) co-led legislation recently to prohibit the Biden administration from banning gas stoves. The "Save Our Gas Stoves Act" explicitly prohibits the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from implementing a proposed rule that would impose intrusive and costly standards on the kitchen stovetops of millions of Americans. "At a time when families across Nebraska are concerned about high  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), as well as U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (NE-03), sent a letter to the Hitchcock and Red Willow County Commissioners about the Swanson and Red Willow reservoirs. The letter was also shared with the concessionaires at the reservoirs. In the letter, the three members outline their shared frustration with the Bureau of Reclamation's (BoR) handli  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), as well as U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (NE-03), sent a letter to the Hitchcock and Red Willow County Commissioners about the Swanson and Red Willow reservoirs. The letter was also shared with the concessionaires at the reservoirs. In the letter, the three members outline their shared frustration with the Bureau of Reclamation's (BoR) hand  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following on column June 16, 2023: * * * Reinforcing American Economic Leadership Businesses across our economy - both small businesses supporting communities across Nebraska and manufacturers making and selling products at home and abroad - thrive under a broad-based tax code that rewards hard work and American innovation. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) helped raise wages, drive economic growth, and reduce the tax burden  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Earlier today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) warned the Chinese Communist Party's space ambitions threaten necessary aspects of our daily life, including agriculture in Nebraska. According to a DNI 2023 Threat Assessment Ricketts quoted at the hearing, "China is steadily progressing towards its goal of becoming a world-class space leader with the intent to match or surpass the United S  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on June 12, 2023: * * * Nebraska's New Icon "Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet," Willa Cather once wrote. The famed literary artist first came to Nebraska at the age of nine, when her family settled in Webster County. Years later, she reflected on what it was like to first step foot in our great state. "My deepest feelings were rooted in this country because one's strongest emotions and on  more