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June 27, 2025
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This week, pro-life Americans marked the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v Jackson 2022 ruling which restored states’ ability to affirm the constitutional right to life for unborn children.

Issues:Health Care
June 20, 2025
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As American families make travel plans and assess energy costs for their farms and businesses during the summer, it is as important as ever to champion domestic production of affordable fuels. While gasoline prices in Nebraska are down 5.6 percent from this time a year ago, and diesel prices are down 5.8 percent, tensions around the world put supply chains and energy security at risk.

Issues:AgricultureEconomyEnergyRural DevelopmentTransportation
June 13, 2025
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This Saturday, Americans will observe the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Army. Our military has evolved much over two and a half centuries through our struggles for independence, to preserve the Union, claim victory in two world wars, defend freedom, and confront terrorism.

Issues:DefenseEconomyHomeland SecurityVeterans
June 6, 2025
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For workers and entrepreneurs, few places are as ripe with economic opportunity as the United States of America.

Issues:EconomyJobsSmall BusinessTaxesWays & Means
May 30, 2025
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For many Americans filing taxes can be painstaking and time-consuming. Poor customer service and outdated technology systems at the IRS contribute to a lack of transparency and threaten to turn the process into a dreaded ritual every tax season. Streamlining the process to empower Americans to more easily file their taxes is an important goal.

Issues:BudgetTaxesWays & Means
May 23, 2025
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This week our nation marked 163 years since the signing of the Homestead Act, legislation enacted by President Lincoln which played a key role in the development of farmland across Nebraska and rural America. Through perseverance, resourcefulness, and sacrifice, the Third District became a global breadbasket, and today, agriculture remains the economic driver of our state.

Issues:AgricultureEnergyRural DevelopmentSmall BusinessTaxesTrade
May 16, 2025
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This week, several House committees took significant steps to advance our legislative package to enact President Trump’s top policy priorities.

Issues:EconomySmall BusinessTaxesWays & Means
May 9, 2025
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In 2013, China launched its Belt and Road Initiative, a massive global infrastructure development strategy to expand its influence across the globe.

Issues:AgricultureDefenseHomeland SecurityTrade
May 2, 2025
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As President Trump’s second term eclipsed the 100-day mark this week, his swift actions to keep Americans safe and address the crisis on our southern border stand out in stark contrast with the failed policies of the previous administration.

Issues:Homeland SecurityImmigration
April 25, 2025
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The right to keep and bear arms is fundamental to the American experiment in self-governance. From its founding, our nation has recognized how a free people must not be deprived of means of protection and self-defense. In 1791, the Founders enshrined the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, declaring the right to bear arms “shall not be infringed.”

Issues:Second Amendment