WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: LINCOLN, NEBRASKA Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood announced Flyover Fintech will include a panel on "Innovation in Nebraska." The panel, featuring industry leaders from FNBO, the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, Nelnet, and Telcoin, will happen at the Congressman's Flyover Fintech Conference in Lincoln on October 21, 2024. "Nebraska has developed a reputation as the home for the Silicon Prai  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood delivered remarks honor Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Heavican. Video of Rep. Flood's comments can be found here(link is external). News outlets are welcome to use the footage for their reporting purposes. A transcript of his remarks can be found below. Mister Speaker, I rise today to honor Chief Justice Mike Heavican of the State of Nebraska, who has announc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business today to discuss the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in just over two months. Senator Fischer condemned Vice President Kamala Harris' incendiary rhetoric against President Trump and called for tighter security around the former president. Senator Fischer also discussed securing America's elections th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood (NE-01) led a letter joined by U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (NE-02), and Adrian Smith (NE-03) to Governor Jim Pillen (R-Neb.) and to Senator John Arch (R), Speaker of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature, in support of returning Nebraska to a winner-take-all system. "As members of Nebraska's federal delega  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Rep. Don Bacon's (R-NE-02) bipartisan bill H.R. 8621, Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2024, was passed by the House of Representatives today as part of H.R. 9076, Protecting America's Children by Strengthening Families Act, introduced by Reps. Darin LaHood and Danny Davis. H.R. 9076 delivers the most significant reforms to Title IV-B of the Social Security Act since 2008. H.R. 8621 is   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Last night, Congressman Mike Flood appeared on Fox News to discuss why Nebraska should return to winner-take-all apportionment for its electoral votes. Video of Rep. Flood's appearance on Hannity can be found here.  Recently, Rep. Flood led a letter on winner-take-all to Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen and Senator John Arch, Speaker of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature. The full letter can be found here.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: Today, Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources Bruce Westerman (R-AR) released the following statements after the committee's unanimous passage of Rep. Adrian Smith's bill (H.R. 8413) to transfer Swanson Reservoir and Red Willow Reservoir land from the Bureau of Reclamation to Hitchcock County, Nebraska, and Frontier County, Nebraska, respecti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on Sept. 20, 2024: In 2024, American households are spending more on all categories of energy compared to prices at the start of 2021. As virtually every industry requires energy, this affects nearly every aspect of our lives and businesses. In places like Nebraska's Third District, the agriculture industry depends on energy sources to power machinery, facilitate irrigation, manufacture and transport inputs, and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) is reminding students of the approaching United State Military Service Academy Nominations deadline of October 15th Nominations from a Congressional representative are required for the United States Air Force Academy, Naval Academy, Military Academy, and Merchant Marine Academy. "Our nation's Service Academies push students to achieve excellence, embrace the value  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged European leaders to increase their efforts against Iran and align their sanctions with those that the U.S. has imposed to date. The letter comes after Iran transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Ru  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and 28 other GOP colleagues condemned a resolution introduced by the Palestinian Mission to the United Nations (UN) that disgracefully targets Israel. The resolution could be voted on as early as this week when the UN General Assembly meets. "This proposal introduced by the Palestinian delegation, ahead of the United Nations' General Assembly  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following commentary to Fox News Channel on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * OPINION: Biden-Harris' reckless restart of a fraud-ridden immigration program At the end of August, the Biden-Harris administration's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) restarted a messy immigration program it had paused a month earlier due to fraud concerns. An internal DHS report found in mid-July that the CHNV (Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statements after their Southern Border Transparency Act passed the Senate unanimously last night. The bill would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide accurate reports on migrant encounters and releases into the United States along with their country origin. "The Americ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) responded to the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump in as many months. Ricketts made the comments while on a conference call with Nebraska media. "As I've said repeatedly, political violence is anti-American," Ricketts said. "Any attempted political assassination is an attack against our very values. It's an attack on our republic.   more