WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following remarks on June 21, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives honoring Don Walton, a longtime reporter for the Lincoln Journal Star, the newspaper of record in Nebraska's capital city. News outlets are welcome to use the footage for their reporting purposes. The full text of the speech is below. Mister Speaker, I rise to recognize one of Nebraska's  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on June 22, 2023: * * * Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Rule. "The Biden Administration has once again chosen to wage war on clean, domestic energy production instead of supporting America's farmers. The EPA's new RFS set rule undercuts the rapid growth in America's booming bioeconomy  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), voted Thursday morning in favor of advancing H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. The bill was reported out of committee by a vote of 58 - 1. This annual legislation, which contains multiple amendments and provisions authored by Bacon, authorizes defense spending, and set  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $25,000,000 for the construction of a new Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Sen. Fischer also   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she secured $74.3 million to support military construction projects at Offutt Air Force Base in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Act. Senator Fischer also secured funding to continue to honor Nebraska's fallen v  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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 the top Republican on the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, yesterday voted in favor of advancing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. This annual legislation authorizes defense spending and sets the policy and priorities for our military. The bill contains many Fischer provisions s  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- 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 the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, recently co-led the Sentinel Nuclear Deterrence Act of 2023. The bill would strengthen and solidify the Sentinel program, which is vital to U.S. nuclear deterrence. The legislation would provide multiyear procurement authority for LGM-35A Sentinel intercont  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release June 21, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the Senate fell short of overriding President Biden's veto of her legislation stopping an aggressive Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation. The regulation, which relates to heavy-duty vehicle emissions, is expected to devastate the trucking industry, raise costs for co  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- 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 the top Republican on the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, yesterday voted in favor of advancing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. Sen. Fischer successfully secured a series of national security provisions in the Senate's NDAA that: * Strengthen U.S. nuclear deterrent * Expand  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on June 22, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement after voting in favor of legislation to prevent the Biden administration's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing an anti-Second Amendment pistol stabilizing braces rule. The bill failed to pass the U.S. Senate 49-50. "President Biden's anti-Second Amendment proposal unfairly burdens fir  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and 32 fellow Republican Senators sent a letter to the White House this week calling on President Biden to withdraw the nomination of Julie Su to be Secretary of the Department of Labor. "Her track record and unwillingness to provide clarity to her past positions and the actions she would take as Secretary of Labor continue to raise concerns about her nomination,  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently co-led legislation that preserves the right of states and local units of government to regulate agriculture within their jurisdictions, free from interference from other jurisdictions. The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act would prevent states like California from regulating farmers and ranchers nationwid  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), and Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Mike Flood (R-NE) participated in a farm bill listening tour during which they heard directly from Nebraska producers about their priorities in anticipation of the 2023 Farm Bill. The tour consisted of stops at Weber & Sons Co. feed yard, a Nebraska Farm Burea  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on June 23, 2023: * * * A Farm Bill for Nebraska The significance of the agriculture industry to Nebraska's Third District cannot be overstated. As the nation's leading congressional district in market value of agriculture products sold, our farmers and ranchers are the backbone of our state's economy. Ensuring federal agriculture policy reflects the needs of Nebraska's outstanding producers places the Farm Bill  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after voting for a Congressional Review Act resolution to block enforcement of an anti-Second Amendment pistol brace rule issued by President Biden's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) earlier this year. Ricketts is a co-sponsor of the Congressional Review Act resolution, which was originally   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, called out NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ally countries for failing to meet their promised goal of spending at least 2% of their GDP on defense, despite past and present threats to the alliance. "In 2014, at the NATO Summit in W  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, highlighted the work he did as governor to combat the scourge of human trafficking in Nebraska. "Human trafficking is a despicable crime. Not only does it inflict severe trauma on its victims but it demonstrates a sickening disregard for human dignity," said Ricketts during the hearing. "As Go  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined Roger Marshall (R-KS), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and 6 of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Preserving Choice in Vehicles Act to limit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing Clean Air Act (CAA) waivers for state policies seeking to ban or otherwise limit the sale of internal combustion engines. This legislation would mai  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on June 20, 2023: * * * Farm Bill Progress This Monday, I had another opportunity to hear directly from Nebraska producers about this year's Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is a pivotal package of legislation covering everything from federal agricultural policies to food assistance programs. It's only passed once every five years. The Farm Bill especially affects our state of Nebraska, where agriculture is our economic  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on June 23, 2023: * * * Today, Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE), John Larson (D-CT), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the Rural Veterinary Workforce Act, legislation to help address the shortages in essential veterinary services facing rural communities. * * * The members released the following statements: "Veterinarians play a critical role in ensuring the health, safety, and securit  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on June 21, 2023: * * * Today, the Employer Reporting Improvement Act - bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) - was unanimously passed by the full House of Representatives. The members released the following statements: "The Employer Reporting Improvement Act will help streamline reporting for employers of all sizes," said Rep. Smith. "I'm pleased this bill un  more