WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) announced he will be cosponsoring H.R. 4144, the Federal Assistance to Initiate Repayment (FAIR) Act, introduced by Reps. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Lisa McClain (MI-09), and Virginia Foxx (NC-05) in the Committee on Education & the Workforce. The FAIR Act, a Republican solution to fix our broken student loan system, will simplify the repayment process, end ballooning loan balances, provide  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: U.S. Congressman Mike Flood, alongside Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), introduced the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023. This bipartisan bill aims to bring integrity to the standards required to meet the definition of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). SAF is a renewable fuel used to power aircrafts that have similar properties to  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Mike Flood recently introduced the Stop Executive Capture of Banking Regulators Act. The act would add oversight of financial regulators implementing policy recommendations from the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). "The Biden Administration has repeatedly tried to use the regulatory power of executive branch agencies to enact the policy wish list of activists," said Congressman   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) introduced the Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act. The bill would improve highway safety by requiring the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a Safety Fitness Determination test for shippers and brokers to ensure trucking companies are licensed, registered and insured. "The entire nation benefits when our interstates and highway  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 25, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured over $45 million for critical Nebraska transportation priorities in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The bill, which must still be voted upon by the Senate and House, was advanced last Thursday  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently reintroduced the Achieving Thorough Transparency & Accessibility for Information Navigation (ATTAIN) Mental Health Act. This bipartisan legislation would create a user-friendly online dashboard to assist applicants in identifying federal grants that support mental health and address substance abuse. "Our country is experiencing a serious m  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- 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 introduced legislation to stop a burdensome reporting requirement on family farmers and ranchers by President Biden's Environment Protection Agency (EPA). The legislation would clarify that the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) is not intended to regulate manure odors, which pose no threat to pu  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, recently introduced the Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act. The bill would improve highway safety by requiring the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish a Safety Fitness Determination test for shippers and brokers to ensure trucking companies are licensed, registered, and insured. U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture and Commerce Committees, this week introduced the Linking Access to Spur Technology for Agriculture Connectivity in Rural Environments (LAST ACRE) Act. This legislation would create a new Last Acre Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Rural Development aiming to expand network connectivity acros  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today about the importance of pushing back against the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the entertainment industry. During her remarks, Senator Fischer highlighted instances of potential Chinese propaganda in prominent films like the new Barbie movie a  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) co-sponsored fellow Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer's (R-NE) bill to eliminate the reporting requirement for emissions from animal waste. Biden's EPA rescinded the 2019 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know-Act (EPCRA) which exempted reporting of air emissions from animal waste. The bill would clarify EPCRA is not intended to regulate manure emissions, which pose no   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, blasted a Biden State Department official for stating the People's Republic of China is merely a competitor to the U.S., not an adversary. Ricketts implored him to take seriously the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, which controls the People's Republic of China. "You said in your opening remarks that the  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) highlighted the rise of counterfeit electronic parts from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ending up in critical defense systems in the United States. "This is an issue the Defense Department has long identified as presenting a legitimate threat to our nation's readiness," Ricketts said. "Much of the material used in counterfeit electronic parts is e-waste shipped from t  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release and letter: Last week, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, joined a group of 10 Republican Senators expressing concern the Biden administration has opened the door to allow the Chinese Communist Party to be a major part of the diplomatic mediation of Russia's war in Ukraine. The letter to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: The Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senator Deb Fischer's (R-Neb.) bipartisan Recruit and Retain Act on Wednesday, which will support law enforcement agencies grappling with recruitment issues. U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) co-led the introduction of the legislation. The bill now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives. "Police departments nationwide are struggling with a staffing crisis that threaten  more