(WOWT) - All five Congressmen from Nebraska and western Iowa voted Thursday to send millions in aid to Israel as the war with Hamas rages on.
The final vote on HR-6126 was 226-196, mostly along party lines, to approve a military package worth nearly $14.5 billion in the first House vote under new Speaker Mike Johnson.
Only a dozen Democrats voted… Read more »
Military members and their families could see improved housing, better child care services and easier access to school meal support under a series of bills making their way through the legislative process.
For example, Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) introduced a bill to help military families with housing. The bill is included in the House National Defense… Read more »
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) sits on the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, giving him a 360-degree perspective on both the context surrounding Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and its aftermath.
“At the end of the day, this administration has an Iran policy problem,” Waltz said of the White House’s reported efforts to appease Iran in exchange for restarting… Read more »
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — After a chaotic three weeks, the U.S. House of Representatives finally elected a new Speaker of the House with Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson claiming the gavel.
Congressman Don Bacon describes the new speaker as a "decent" man.
“To me, he sounds very Reagan-esque when he talks about ‘our better days are ahead of us,' protecting this institution, the need for… Read more »
A member of the House Ag Committee says he’s reaffirming his priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill as lawmakers continue to draft the legislation.
Don Bacon, Republican from Nebraska, says once the bill comes to the floor, he hopes there won’t be a significant number of amendments proposed. “I think we learned our lesson. You can’t allow a few people to control everything.”
He tells… Read more »
Some members of Congress on Wednesday left open the possibility of deeper U.S. military involvement in the unfolding war between Israel and Hamas as Americans were killed and taken hostage, and others were struggling to leave a country at war.
"Whatever Israel wants, they should ask us, and we should be there to help," Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a retired Air Force brigadier… Read more »
OMAHA, NE - Nebraska and Iowa leaders reacted to Hamas surprise attack that left dozens of people dead and Israel stunned.
Congressman Don Bacon voiced his "outrage" on social media on Saturday, saying:
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"I and my fellow Americans are outraged at the Hamas terrorists and the murders they’re perpetrating in numerous locations in Israel today. We… Read more »
WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan duo of House lawmakers has banded together to improve the vetting of financial advisers for service members. The move comes after an Army counselor with undisclosed conflicts of interest with outside brokerage firms allegedly swindled two dozen Gold Star families.
The House in July passed legislation from Reps. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., that… Read more »
Pfc. Salem Ezz had just started working with a new Army innovation lab on Fort Stewart when his fellow soldiers returning from deployments began discovering black mold in their barracks.
Soldiers were posting pictures and videos of the mold that had infiltrated their barracks on social media pages like “Army W.T.F!” and TikTok. “That made it explode,” Ezz said.
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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – US Congressman Don Bacon told Kurdistan 24’s Rahim Rashidi that he wants the US to provide more security to the Kurdistan Region.
“When I served in Iraq, the Kurds were our best allies; they worked with us everywhere we went. I worked with them, I was at the headquarters and multinational forces Iraq with (General David) Petraeus.
“So we've always had great… Read more »
