The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association announced it is supporting legislation introduced in the House and Senate to amend the Animal Health Protection Act. The Foreign Animal Disease Prevention Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023 would provide additional funding for three farm bill programs established in 2018. They include the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary… Read more »
A bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives has introduced the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023. The bill would increase funding to fight foreign animal disease and extend authorization for the Animal Health Protection Act through 2028.
In a press release, National Pork Producers Council President Scott Hays said, "With threats of… Read more »
NPPC applauds the introduction of the Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023. The legislation reauthorizes animal disease prevention and management programs.
“We appreciate Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Representatives Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN) and Don… Read more »
Elliott Equipment Company (Elliott)and AEM hosted United States Representative Don Bacon (R-Neb.) for an I Make America event at Elliott's Omaha facility. I Make America, AEM’s national grassroots campaign, is the voice of the 2.3 million men and women of the equipment manufacturing industry who make the equipment that build, power, and feed the world.
“Elliott… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that seeks to improve and expand maternal postpartum health under the Medicaid program.
“As a husband, father, and grandfather, I recognize the importance of supporting postpartum women,” Rep. Bacon said on April 26. “Our care for women should extend to postpartum recovery, to ensure that they are living without pain or… Read more »
It is a story we continue to follow — members of the military who are unable to pay the bills, or even put food on the table.
The latest government statistics show around one-in-four armed service members have suffered from some form of food insecurity lately.That means around 286,000 members of our armed forces have struggled at least some point in the last few years to put… Read more »
ANIMAL WATCH - This week, the “FIGHT Act” (Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Trafficking) was introduced by Washington, D.C., lawmakers to provide federal legislation to crack down on the increasing issue of millions of animals—primarily Pit Bulls and fighting roosters— being trafficked for illegal dogfighting and cockfighting throughout the U.S., as blood-thirsty gamblers wager on… Read more »
Low pay. High housing costs. Gaps in medical care. Long waits for support services.
A new House Armed Services Committee panel led by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., has been charged with addressing these and other problems facing U.S. military service members.
The panel, announced in January by new Armed Services Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., won’t hold its first meeting until… Read more »
LINCOLN — U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., has introduced bipartisan legislation to crack down on animal fighting and strengthen animal protections.
Bacon, along with Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Ore, introduced the Fight Inhumane Gambling and High-Risk Animal Trafficking (FIGHT) Act on Wednesday. The act would amend Section 26 of the Animal Welfare Act to enhance legal… Read more »
After more than 40 years of operations, the F-15 Eagles at Kadena Air Base, Japan, are going out with a bash. Last fall, the Air Force announced the two permanent F-15C/D squadrons at the base would wind down operations. On April 17, the top Air Force commander for the Pacific gave the aircraft a personal goodbye, as Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, the head of Pacific Air… Read more »
