U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) on March 2 introduced a bipartisan bill to make available more respirators during public health emergencies, such as the current global COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. “Our bipartisan bill would help ensure manufacturers are producing additional respirators,” Read more…
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) on March 2 introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure manufacturers and distributors may legally produce ample numbers of respirators during public health crises, such as the current COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic. “With the Read more…
U.S. Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Mike Turner (R-OH) commended passage this week by the U.S. House of Representatives of bipartisan legislation that would denounce lynching as a federal hate crime. “Today’s long overdue House passage of this bill makes Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) this week led a bipartisan, bicameral request seeking an update from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on efforts to prevent traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among U.S. military service Read more…
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) joined several Republican colleagues on Feb. 12 to introduce legislation that would establish forest management, reforestation and utilization practices to naturally help sequester harmful greenhouse gases. “Trees are nature’s solution to cleaning excess carbon from Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY), co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, led caucus members in calling on Democratic and Republican congressional leadership to put forward a bipartisan spending bill that would fully fund the U.S. government through the end Read more…
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) on Nov. 5 cosponsored bipartisan, bicameral legislation to guide states in reforming their child welfare systems. The congresswoman introduced the Family First Transition Act, H.R. 4980, with bill sponsor U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS) on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to provide states with federal funding to implement the Family First Prevention Services (FFPS) Act, which became law last year. “I’m proud to cosponsor this legislation and support Read more…
Newly introduced bipartisan legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) would expand the list of federally approved medical countermeasures that could be used to protect first responders and healthcare professionals during a nationwide health emergency. Rep. Bacon on Nov. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on Oct. 31 introduced bipartisan legislation that would impose stricter penalties for anyone who buys a firearm for someone else who isn’t legally permitted to have it, otherwise known as straw purchasers. “By closing loopholes and Read more…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) recently proposed bipartisan legislation that would establish a grant program for wind energy research, development and demonstration. “Our bipartisan bill would encourage and accelerate the excellent wind energy research being done on new technologies that Read more…
On Oct. 15, the U.S. House of Representatives approved two bills and two resolutions cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) regarding Hong Kong. The bills are the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, H.R. 3289, and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), ranking member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Oct. 16 introduced a bipartisan bill that would sanction Turkey, imposing consequences for the country’s assault on Syrian Democratic Forces and Kurdish civilians. “The carnage Read more…
Nearly 30 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives are readying legislation to impose sanctions against Turkey in response to its military offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria. “I am proud to join my colleagues in supporting Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 26 approved two bipartisan bills cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) to update screening processes used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). “Our TSA officers deserve thorough training so they can conduct Read more…
U.S. Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that would require review by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) of certain Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening protocols, particularly those for baby products. “Our commonsense legislation will ensure Read more…
Lynching would be criminalized and harsher sentencing would be handed down under existing federal hate crime statutes with the enactment of a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). “We cannot simply wash away the past,” Rep. Bacon Read more…
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), and their Nebraska GOP colleagues urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to help their home state take advantage of Educational Broadband Service (EBS) licenses. The FCC, which plans to update Read more…
Numerous provisions supported by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on June 13 received approval by the U.S. House Armed Services Committee as part of the overall defense authorization bill for the upcoming fiscal year. Following the committee’s 21 hour-marathon consideration Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) recently sponsored bipartisan legislation that would permit the naturalization process to continue for the immediate relatives of public safety officers who die as a result of their employment. “Our first responders put their lives on Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced a bipartisan bill that would retroactively exclude survivor benefits for Gold Star families from recent changes to the United States tax code. “As a strong supporter of our Gold Star families, I know how Read more…
U.S. Reps. Paul Mitchell (R-MI) and Don Bacon (R-NE) last week introduced a bipartisan bill to improve access to federally funded college outreach services for disadvantaged youth experiencing homelessness or students who may be in foster care. “We have a Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced a bipartisan bill to further expand benefits for Gold Star family members who have lost loved ones killed in the line of duty while serving in the U.S. military. “Our Gold Star and surviving Read more…
State child welfare agencies would be permitted to investigate alleged child adoption cases of unregulated custody transfers, also known as rehoming, under a bipartisan bill introduced on Feb. 27 by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). Rep. Bacon is the lead Read more…
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) on Feb. 25 sponsored a proposal that already has garnered 36 Republican cosponsors who support enhancing penalties for theft of a firearm from a federal firearms licensee and establishing a Mass Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on Feb. 13 proposed a bill that would allow qualified law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms in most public areas, including Gun Free School Zones. “Unfortunately, our officers are facing greater and greater dangers Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) this week led dozens of bipartisan members in requesting that U.S. House leadership promptly address the “unresolved issue” regarding the nation’s currently expired biodiesel tax incentive. Last February, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 retroactively Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) on Jan. 30 sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require all current commercial aircraft to have secondary cockpit barriers installed. “Ensuring the safety of our nation’s aircraft is paramount to protecting the American public,” Rep. Fitzpatrick Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 22 approved the NATO Support Act, bipartisan legislation supported by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). “America’s alliances are a source of strength and security for our country, and among our defense treaties, NATO Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) on Jan. 24 sponsored legislation that would eliminate automatic annual pay adjustments for members of Congress. “Most people don’t know that members of Congress receive automatic pay increases unless they vote to stop them,” Rep. Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved two bipartisan bills cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that would support the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and would hold war criminals in Syria responsible for their crimes. The House Read more…
U.S. Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Tom Cole (R-OK) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in both chambers of Congress to ensure that federal lawmakers’ complete authority under the U.S. Constitution to legislate for the benefit of American Indians and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on Jan. 11 reintroduced bipartisan legislation to enhance collaboration between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Network of Fusion Centers in efforts to detect, prevent and respond to criminal and terrorist Read more…
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) this week denounced Russia’s recent attacks on and subsequent seizure of Ukrainian naval ships in the Sea of Azov and called on the American government to take a stand. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) last week called on Congress to address the healthcare crisis in Puerto Rico resulting from back-to-back hurricanes in 2017. “Following the devastating effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria, Puerto Rico experienced an accelerated exodus of Read more…
Successful efforts by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) last week resulted in the announced return of three large bells taken by U.S. Army soldiers as war trophies during the 1901 Philippine-American War from a town church in Balangiga, Eastern Samar Read more…
The U.S. House on Sept. 25 approved by voice vote the bipartisan Kerrie Orozco First Responders Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) to provide for naturalization processes for the immediate relatives of first responders who die as a Read more…
To help support home-state farmers across America, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) spearheaded a bipartisan group of 23 U.S. House members in seeking approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for year-round sales of E15 fuel. E15, a higher Read more…
Veterans Resource Centers would be established via competitive federal grants made to public universities across the United States under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE). “America’s veterans are a boundless source of national strength and economic Read more…
More than two dozen Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed on as original cosponsors to a new federal resolution that restates their support for retaining protections for Americans with pre-existing health conditions regardless of what happens legislatively Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) cited the benefits coming to their home-state farmers in light of the preliminary United States trade agreement with Mexico announced by the White House on Read more…
U.S. Reps. Martha McSally (R-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Dan Donovan (R-NY) on Aug. 13 attended the official presidential signing ceremony in Fort Drum, N.Y., to enact the nation’s new $717 billion defense law. The John S. McCain National Defense Read more…
The newly signed defense appropriations law includes legislative language from a bipartisan, bicameral proposal introduced by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) to support the American families of military service members who died in battle. Read more…
Proposed bipartisan legislation originally cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) that would reauthorize the federal Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) entrepreneurship development program passed the U.S. House on July 10. The SCORE for Small Business Act of 2018, Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on June 25 passed a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) proposing expanded cyber activities for the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Read more…
Two bills introduced by U.S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) to strengthen the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) border security efforts passed the U.S. House on June 25, marking the congresswoman’s 10th and 11th bills to be approved by the Read more…
U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and U.S. Reps. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) on June 19 unveiled the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), chairman of the Republican Main Street Caucus, joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in prodding the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to hasten release of school safety funding guidance for America’s schools. “Students should not Read more…
America’s schools are still waiting on the distribution of federal school safety grants approved earlier this year by Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) needs to speed up the process, said U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and a Read more…
U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) wants America’s school safety considered a national security priority and has introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a strategy to bolster school security. Read more…