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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

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Ricketts Statement on Biden v. Nebraska Decision

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 5, 2023

 U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in Biden v. Nebraska overturning the student loan cancellation scheme issued by President Biden’s Department of Education last year

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Fischer Statement on SCOTUS Ruling in Biden v. Nebraska

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 4, 2023

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court released its ruling in Biden v. Nebraska

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Ricketts Statement on Affirmative Action Decision

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 4, 2023

 U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina ending the consideration of race in the application process for higher education

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Ricketts-Backed Bill to Fight Fentanyl Crisis Advances with Bipartisan Support

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 3, 2023

U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced he recently co-sponsored the FEND (Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence) Off Fentanyl Act, a bipartisan effort led by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) to fight the flow of deadly fentanyl into our country

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Fischer, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 3, 2023

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) recently co-led the introduction of the bipartisan Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the program and raise the authorized funding level

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VIDEO: Ricketts Calls on NATO Countries to Meet Defense Spending Obligations: “We Need to See This Promise Turned Into Action”

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 1, 2023

On June 22, 2023, 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

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Fischer Advances $25 Million for NE Agricultural Research Service Facility in Funding Bill in First Key Step

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jul 1, 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

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Ricketts Backs Measure to Protect 2nd Amendment Rights of Disabled Veterans

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 30, 2023

On June 22, 2023, 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

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Fischer Pushes to Override Biden Veto and Protect Truckers, Consumers from Price Hikes

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 30, 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

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Fischer Advances $74.3 Million for Offutt Air Force Base Construction in Funding Bill in First Key Step

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 30, 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 veterans through the Veterans Cemetery Grant Program

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Attorney General Hilgers’ Statement Regarding Biden v. Nebraska

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 30, 2023

June 30 is an important day for our country as the Supreme Court’s ruling has stopped the Biden Administration’s breathtaking attempt to grab power

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Governor Pillen Taking Applications for New Tax Commission At Large Position

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 30, 2023

On June 27, Governor Jim Pillen announced he is accepting applications for a newly created at large position on the Tax Equalization and Review Commission

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Fischer Votes to Stop Biden Administration Pistol Brace Rule

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 29, 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

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Ricketts, Finstad Slam EPA’s Partisan Preview of RFS Rule: “At Worst, Could Facilitate Market Manipulation”

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 29, 2023

On June 27, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), the Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and U.S. Representative Brad Finstad (R-MN) slammed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for opting to brief only Democrats in advance of the public release of new Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO)

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Attorney General Hilgers Joins 20-State Coalition in Pushing Back Against EPA Rules

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 29, 2023

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general commenting on proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations regarding Ethylene Oxide (EtO) and related emissions standards promulgated under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

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Gov. Pillen Announces Broadband Director & July 6 Fly Around

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 29, 2023

On June 27, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Patrick Haggerty as the state’s first broadband director

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Ricketts Backs Two Key Agriculture Bills Following Farm Bill for Nebraska Listening Tour

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Following the Farm Bill for Nebraska listening tour with the entire Nebraska delegation, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his support for two key pieces of legislation that had been raised by producers – the EATS Act and the HPAI Act

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Fischer, 32 GOP Senators Call on President Biden to Withdraw Julie Su Nomination for Labor Secretary

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 28, 2023

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 Labo

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Gov. Pillen & Education Department Recognize Students with Top ACT Scores

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 28, 2023

Governor Jim Pillen and the Nebraska Department of Education recognized 24 students from across Nebraska who earned the top score of 36 on the American College Testing (ACT) exam

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Ricketts Comments on New Renewable Fuel Standard Set Rule

By Cornhusker State News Report | Jun 27, 2023

On June 21, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Set Rule