US Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
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Recent News About US Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
On June 26, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state
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VIDEO: Ricketts Highlights Work to Combat Human Trafficking in Nebraska: “Four-Part Plan”
On June 22, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, highlighted the work he did as governor to combat the scourge of human trafficking in Nebraska
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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
On June 16, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state
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Fischer, Ricketts, Smith Letter on Swanson & Red Willow Reservoirs Notes BoR’s Poor Communication, Outlines Actions Needed to Remedy Situation
U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), as well as U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (NE-03), sent a letter to the Hitchcock and Red Willow County Commissioners about the Swanson and Red Willow reservoirs
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Ricketts Warns CCP’s Space Ambitions Threaten Satellite Technology & Nebraska Agriculture: “Equipment Would Be Useless”
Earlier On June 13, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) warned the Chinese Communist Party’s space ambitions threaten necessary aspects of our daily life, including agriculture in Nebraska
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PHOTO RELEASE: Ricketts Welcomes Willa Cather Statue to U.S. Capitol
On June 7, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Flood (R-NE), and Adrian Smith (R-NE) for the dedication of Nebraska’s new U.S. Capitol statue of Willa Cather
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Ricketts, Colleagues Re-Introduce Bill to Combat ‘Smash and Grab’ Gun Thefts
U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined 21 of his colleagues in re-introducing the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Protection Act to combat the increase in the number of “smash-and-grab” thefts at federally-licensed gun dealers. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is the original sponsor of this legislation
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Ricketts Calls for Process Improvements & Transparency from Backlogged Passport Office
On June 7, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) called for needed process improvements and transparency from the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, which handles the distribution of passports
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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
On June 9, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state
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Ricketts Introduces Bill to Challenge EPA’s Attack on Energy & Industry
On June 9, 2023, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), along with 15 other Republican colleagues, introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Good Neighbor Rule,” which would attack energy-producing and manufacturing states across the country
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VIDEO: Ricketts Highlights Putin’s Human Rights Atrocities in Ukraine
On May 31, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) highlighted the brutal human rights impact of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and called on the Biden administration to do more to hold Putin and other perpetrators accountable
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Ricketts, EPW Committee Advance Bipartisan Energy Bill
On May 31, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) advanced bipartisan legislation that would help position the United States as the undisputed international leader for nuclear energy technologies
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VIDEO: Ricketts Remembers Fallen on Memorial Day
On May 28, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following video statement to commemorate Memorial Day
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PHOTO RELEASE: Ricketts Attends Grand Opening of Kearney Senate Office
U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) attended the grand opening of his Kearney constituent services office at 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 26
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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
On June 2, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state
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Ricketts Statement on Student Loan Cancellation Vote
On June 1, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after voting for a Congressional Review Act resolution overturning the student loan cancellation scheme issued by President Biden’s Department of Education last year
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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
On May 26, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state
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Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
On May 19, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state
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Ricketts Spotlights Growing Threat to Israel Amid Lebanon’s Uncertain Future
At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to confirm the U.S. ambassador to the Lebanese Republic earlier this week, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) highlighted the growing threat to Israel from Iranian-backed Palestinian militants operating in Lebanon
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Ricketts Statement on DHS ‘Public Charge Rule’ Vote
On May 17, 2023, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after the Senate voted to block the Biden administration’s new “public charge” rule from the Department of Homeland Security