A Nebraska Congressman says there isn’t enough support for healthy foods in the current farm bill. Don Bacon tells Brownfield the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program needs additional resources to expand programs. “I like the double bucks program that when you buy healthy fruits and vegetables, your SNAP money goes twice as far.” Read the article here. Read more »

After back-to-back years of significant spending increases for defense, Congressional hawks may face stiffer opposition in the year ahead, with pushback from members of both major political parties.  Opposition to defense spending increases from one wing of the Republican Party emerged during the protracted process to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as Speaker of the… Read more »

The House of Representatives voted late Monday to rescind over $70 billion to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the first bill under the 118th Congress. It now goes to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where it has little chance of progress amid additional opposition from the White House. The Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act passed on party lines with a 221-210… Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, joined America's First News with a look at the GOP's plan now that the Speakership is out of the way. Listen to the full interview here. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) reintroduced their bipartisan Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act for the 118thCongress. Their bill would ban China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and other sanctioned nations from purchasing oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves; it is the most bipartisan and comprehensive policy… Read more »

Though we’re now in a new year, we continue to face the same global challenges we did in 2022. As Russia continues its war in Ukraine, North Korea steps up its provocations of the West, and the Iranian regime tightens its grip in the face of ongoing protests, the United States must confront multiple adversaries both economically and militarily. And we are. Bipartisan… Read more »

As Congress waits for committee assignments to be finalized, a Nebraska Congressman is outlining his priorities for the next farm bill. Republican Don Bacon tells Brownfield crop insurance is the top issue. “I hear from our farmers frequently that crop insurance is the most important thing they need.  We should study it to see how we could tweak it better to make it current with… Read more »

In a time when Nebraska's partisan divide seems wider than ever, Democrats and Republicans alike set aside their political differences to celebrate the introduction of a new governor.  Roughly 3,500 people filled the CHI Health Center in downtown Omaha for Gov. Jim Pillen's inaugural ball Saturday night. The guest count was more than a thousand higher than Pillen's predecessor… Read more »

Republican Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska joins Julie Mason to share his thoughts on the House Speaker elections. Listen to the interview here. Read more »

Rep.-elect Don Bacon, R-Neb., reacts to the Freedom Caucus blocking Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in the eighth vote for House speaker. Watch the full interview here. Read more »