Deb Fischer
Recent News About Deb Fischer
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Fischer Advances $25 Million for NE Agricultural Research Service Facility in Funding Bill in First Key Step
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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Fischer Pushes to Override Biden Veto and Protect Truckers, Consumers from Price Hikes
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
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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Fischer Votes to Stop Biden Administration Pistol Brace Rule
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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Fischer, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Fund Agricultural Education at Community Colleges
Bill Would Equip Next Generation of Farmers, Agriculture Workers with Workforce, Educational, and Research Training
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Fischer-Backed Legislation Overturning Reckless Student Loan Scheme Heading to the President’s Desk
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed legislation overturning President Biden’s student loan cancelation scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion
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Fischer on Debt Ceiling Deal
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement after voting against legislation to raise the debt ceiling and set federal spending levels
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Fischer on USTR Action Against Mexico’s Ban on GMO Corn
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced it has formally requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico on the country’s ban on genetically modified corn
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Senate, House Strategic Forces Subcommittee Leaders Introduce Resolution Honoring 60th Anniversary of Polaris Sales Agreement
U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Angus King (I-Maine), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, and U.S. Representatives Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, today introduced a resolution to honor the 60th Anniversary of the Polaris Sales Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom
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VIDEO: Ahead of Title 42 Expiration, Fischer Slams President Biden’s Mishandling of the Southern Border as a “Preventable Catastrophe”
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke at a Senate Republican press conference today about the ongoing crisis at the southern border and the expected surge of illegal crossings after the expiration of Title 42 authorities Thursday night
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Fischer, Republican Senators Demand Border Wall Transparency Ahead of Title 42 Expiration
n advance of the expiration of Title 42 authorities, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined a group of 14 of her colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas criticizing the administration’s failure to secure the border despite receiving congressionally-appropriated funds to continue construction of the border wall system
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Fischer, Senate Republicans Oppose Raising Debt Limit Without Substantive Spending and Budget Reforms
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, recently joined 42 of her Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) opposing a debt ceiling increase without substantive spending and budget reforms
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Fischer, Colleagues Introduce Reauthorization of Project Safe Neighborhoods Program to Reduce Violent Crime
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) joined her colleagues this week to introduce the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize a nationwide law enforcement program that uses evidence-based and data-driven approaches to reduce violent crime. U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) led the introduction of the legislation
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VIDEO: Fischer Questions Senior Intelligence Officials on Evolving Threats from Russia, China, ISIS-K
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned senior intelligence officials today about the changing global threat environment and the growing challenges posed by Russia, China, and ISIS-K
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VIDEO: Fischer Outlines Urgent Legislation to Finish Replacing Dangerous Chinese Telecom Equipment Ahead of July 15 Deadline
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today about her legislation to address a $3.08 billion shortfall in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Rip and Replace Program
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VIDEO: Fischer Questions EPA Administrator on Year-Round E15, Excessive Livestock EPA Reporting Requirements
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on May 03 2023, questioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan about the need to expand access to E15 and a potential rule from the EPA to require unnecessary reporting of air emissions from animal waste
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VIDEO: Fischer Highlights Importance of NC3 Modernization, B-21 Raider, Sentinel Program with Air Force Officials
U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials about the need to modernize America’s nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) architecture and discussed the development of the B-21 Raider at a hearing today