WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: FREMONT, NEBRASKA Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood announced he will hold a town hall in Fremont, Nebraska on August 22, 2024. The town hall will be hosted at the Fremont High School CTE Center. During the town hall, Congressman Flood will provide an update on the priorities he's been working on for Fremont and Nebraska's First Congressional District. There will be a question-and-answer period. Congressm  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood announced he will hold a town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 26, 2024. The town hall will be hosted at Lincoln Southwest High School. During the town hall, Congressman Flood will provide an update on the priorities he's been working on for Lincoln and Nebraska's First Congressional District. There will be a question-and-answer period. Congressman Fl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) joined a bipartisan effort urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to modernize and improve the accuracy of its foreign land ownership disclosure process. In the letter, the senators note alleged inaccuracies in information publicly posted by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the problems that arise when this information is inaccurate.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), released the following statement after a report from the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found and the IRS subsequently confirmed it does not plan to decommission and replace the vast majority of the agency's outdated information systems. "Modernization of antiquated IRS systems is badly needed to improve taxpayer service and bett  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) led a letter alongside fellow Congressional Agricultural Trade Caucus co-chairs Reps. Jim Costa (D-CA), Dusty Johnson, (R-SD), and Jimmy Panetta, (D-CA) to Ambassador Luis Gilberto Murillo, the Ambassador of Colombia to the United States. The letter expresses concerns regarding the Colombia Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism's warrantless investigation into U.S. expo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement praising the announcement from Attorneys General Mike Hilgers of Nebraska and Brenna Bird of Iowa that the states are leading a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the regulation of commonly-used pesticides: "California's glyphosate labeling mandate is anti-science and anti-agriculture," Ricketts said. "Far-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * In late 2021, a hidden national security problem was finally unveiled. The Fufeng Group, a Chinese agribusiness, bought up 300 acres of farmland in east North Dakota. But it wasn't just any farmland. The purchase was located in Grand Forks, right around the corner from Grand Forks Air Force Base. Because of China's history of illicit surveillance, this incident set off national alarm bells  more