WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE), Congressmen Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Congressman French Hill (R-AR), and Congressman Wiley Nickel (D-NC)introduced the Uniform Treatment of Custodial Assets Act. The bill would prohibit certain federal agencies from requiring certain institutions to include assets held in custody as a liability, and for other purposes. "The SEC's Staff Accounting   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood wrote U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler along with House Financial Services Committee (FSC) Members, including Congressman Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN), and Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY). In their letter to Chair Gensler, the Members of Congress highlighted the importance of consistent treatment of s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- 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 led U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) in introducing the Stop EV Freeloading Act. The legislation would ensure that electric vehicles (EVs) pay into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to support the construction and maintenance of U.S. roads and bridges. Unlike gasoline-po  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) led a group of Republican Senators vowing to oppose the SAFER Banking Act if it advances to the Senate Floor for a vote as a stand-alone bill or part of any larger package. The senators expressed their concerns about how the SAFER Banking Act would facilitate money laundering for drug cartels as well as investments in the industry that could lead  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on Sept. 25, 2023: * * * Let's Fix Our Southern Border Earlier this year, I visited our nation's southern border. I knew there was a crisis there, but that visit opened my eyes to more instability and hardship than I had previously seen. Along the border wall at midnight, my colleagues and I spoke with dozens of illegal immigrants who had been detained. I was heartbroken to meet a little six-month-old baby sitti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood questioned the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler. Congressman Flood's line of questioning focused on an SEC staff bulletin, known as SAB 121, that effects the ability of banks to custody digital assets. "...the SEC's justification for issuing the bulletin is based on accounting guidelines that did not exist when the bulletin was   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) slammed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for contributing to a government shutdown faceoff. Ricketts made the comments while on a conference call with Nebraska media. "Schumer has squeezed the calendar to force his and Joe Biden's plan to spend trillions of dollars we don't have," Ricketts said. "For example, last night, Schumer gave   more