Congressman Nick Langworthy Hosts Press Conference on Key Aviation Safety Legislation; Launches Aviation Safety Caucus for 119th Congress Today, Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) introduced the bipartisan Safer Skies Act, aimed at closing critical security loopholes in airport security.  Specifically, the Safer Skies Act would: Require the TSA to update… Read more »

Senators Reverend Warnock Leads Bipartisan Effort to Lower Housing Costs for Servicemembers Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to lower housing costs for servicemembers in Georgia, Alaska, and across the country. The bipartisan Basic Allowance for Housing Restoration Act will ensure… Read more »

Lawmakers Are Pressing the Trump Team for Answers on Abducted Ukrainian Children Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, told NOTUS in an interview on Wednesday that he feels the administration is encroaching on Congress’ power of the purse.  “If money is appropriated, signed into law by the President — whether it’s President Biden or President Trump — they, by law, are supposed to… Read more »

Bacon stresses respect for court rulings, support of 'checks and balances Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Wednesday stressed the importance of respecting court rulings and following judge’s orders as President Trump and his allies suggest the U.S. district court judge that halted deportation flights should be forced off the… Read more »

Don Bacon is 'man in the wilderness' as GOP critic of Donald Trump on Ukraine Republicans have mostly stayed quiet while President Donald Trump has upended U.S. foreign policy, seeming to embrace longtime adversary Russia while launching trade wars and verbal attacks on allies in Canada, Mexico, European NATO countries and, especially, Ukraine.  U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, who… Read more »

Pentagon losing cutting edge on weapons innovation, needs 'massive kick in the pants,' say defense leaders Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., suggested that the U.S. may need to start thinking about offensive cyber missions.  "When it comes to cyber, we’ve got to change the rules of engagement," he said. "China is eating our boxed lunch in the energy area, in our cellular phone… Read more »

Rep. Bacon tries to make sense of tariff threats on Canada U.S. Rep. Don Bacon caught my attention several years ago as someone who is good to have on the House Agriculture Committee. If you check out some of the committee hearings, it’s clear that not all members have a solid understanding of the greater agriculture industry. But during one hearing in 2023 as I saw Bacon,… Read more »

Pro-Ukraine GOP Rep. Bacon declares 'real Republicans know that Putin’s Russia hates the West and freedom'  Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who is a staunch supporter of Ukraine and critic of Russia, declared in a post on X that "real Republicans know that Putin’s Russia hates the West and freedom." "We also know that Ukraine wants democracy, free markets and rule of law. We stand… Read more »

Bacon’s bill would improve research of treatment-immune breast cancer U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) on March 3 cosponsored a bipartisan bill to provide for research and education regarding triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which is estimated to account for up to 20 percent of female breast cancer diagnoses annually and is immune to many common treatments. “I firmly believe with… Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon, From Air Force General to Top Effective GOP Lawmaker | NTD’s Profiles of Service In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with Congressman Don Bacon, representing Nebraska District 2. After a distinguished 30-year career in the Air Force, Brig. Gen. Bacon won a seat in Congress in 2016, where he’s been just as effective. In 2022, he was ranked the No. 1… Read more »