It’s not often Republican members of Congress agree on more spending, but that’s what’s happening with Nebraska’s three Congressmen and a bill making the rounds on Capitol Hill.
It’s the 2023 Farm Bill, which congressmen say is necessary to protect Heartland farmers.
Monday afternoon, Reps. Mike Flood, Don Bacon, and Adrian Smith talked with 6 News about what they’re pushing for… Read more »
A push for the nation’s next farm bill came Monday to East Campus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as part of a rare joint visit by all five members of the state’s congressional delegation.
University leaders pressed the need for the bill to invest in agricultural research, as the five members, all Republicans, spoke to students and watched their ag robots work. Farmers… Read more »
Nebraska’s five congressional delegates spent the day in the state to share their priorities for the upcoming farm bill.
They spoke to farmers, ranchers and stakeholders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources to learn about what they want in the bill.
The bill will include agriculture funding, as well as funding to help families afford… Read more »
Between the debt ceiling and defense spending, time may be running out to pass the farm bill this year.
All five members of Nebraska’s Congressional delegation got an education in autonomous agriculture during a visit to the tractor testing lab at the University of Nebraska. Farming has changed, and that could impact the hundreds of billions the federal government spends through the farm… Read more »
As lawmakers prepare to debate the upcoming farm bill, Nebraska’s representatives took a trip to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus, gathering input about what the state’s farmers, ranchers, and researchers would like to see in the latest version.
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Nebraska's Congressional delegation has a big wish list.
They want to boost crop insurance and agricultural research funding while controlling spending in the 2023 Federal Farm Bill.
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Inside the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Cornhusker State’s federal delegation on Monday got a look at how agriculture will continue to evolve in the digital age.
UNL researchers and students showed off a robotic planter that doesn’t need a human operator, how satellite images can be converted into useful data to determine nitrogen… Read more »
Reps. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif.; Don Bacon, R-Neb.; and Mike Gallagher, R-Wis. have proposed including a bipartisan measure in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that aims to safeguard nuclear weapons systems from cyberattacks.
The proposed language would establish a new working group within the Department of Defense to inventory nuclear weapon systems that are potentially… Read more »
In the last two weeks, House lawmakers have proposed huge increases to junior enlisted pay, monthly bonuses for those servicemembers to help deal with inflation, and new reforms to boost housing and assistance stipends to ensure their families don’t face financial struggles.
But even more proposals for those troops may be on the way in months to come.
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Issues like housing costs, child care, pay and medical care are making it harder for the U.S. military to find and keep people who want to serve in the armed forces, said Rep. Don Bacon, who is a military veteran.
Now the Nebraska Republican is the chair of a new House Armed Services Committee panel charged with finding ways of improving the quality of life for military service… Read more »
