It will cost millions of dollars more than expected to rebuild Offutt Air Force base following the floods in March of 2019.
A third of the base was destroyed in the waters — initial estimates put the cost at $800 million — but now it's about $1.1 billion.
Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon told KETV that he's confident he will get the funds the base needs.
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Rebuilding Offutt Air Force Base from the devastating March 2019 flood is going to take longer and cost more than engineers first thought, military and congressional sources say.
A lot more.
Rep. Don Bacon, the former commander of the base’s 55th Wing, said he’s been told by Offutt officials to expect the original estimate of nearly $800 million, calculated within six months… Read more »
Rep. Bacon Tele Town Hall Dec. 8, 2021
Rep. Don Bacon hosted a tele town hall on Wed., Dec. 8, 2021 to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, signed into law last month. He was joined by Bryan Slone with the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, Mark McHargue with the Nebraska Farm Bureau, Dr. Ernie Goss, Economics Professor at Creighton… Read more »
OPINION:
Recently I gave a speech on the House floor about the Tzedek Association, a Jewish national organization, and their excellent work on getting refugees out of Afghanistan. The reaction the address received inspired me to write this op-ed. Americans from all over the country and around the world have been deeply moved by the efforts of Tzedek’s president, Rabbi Moshe Margaretten,… Read more »
OXFORD, Ohio (TND) — When high school football players take the field, they may be playing in a helmet that's taken hits year after year. Ensuring those used helmets are game ready falls to a network of companies nationwide, tasked with reconditioning this crucial piece of headgear. Reconditioners refurbish more than a million helmets annually, with experts telling Spotlight on America… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today announced on the House floor that he will be voting against H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act.
A full clip of the video can be found here and some key quotes are below:
President Biden, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Sanders have made it… Read more »
Sometimes soldiers come home with stories to tell. For those who have fallen, it is their loved ones who must share their stories.
That was a theme Thursday at Omaha’s signature Veterans Day commemoration, the American Legion Post No. 1’s annual event at the Memorial Park amphitheater — one of several events held across the Midlands on Thursday.
About 125 people attended the… Read more »
Rep. Don Bacon was one of the 13 House Republicans who has drawn fire for voting for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, but he told Newsmax Thursday he hopes the Democrats' other bill, for $1.75 trillion to fund President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda "falls apart and dies a quick death."
"Folks don't realize there's so much misinformation on the bill… Read more »
OMAHA (DTN) -- One of 13 Republicans who voted a week ago to support the final passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, a member of the House Agriculture Committee, said his party's leadership got tied up in a knot over hyper-partisanship rather than what's best for the country as a whole.
"I thought it was a vote that was right for America and right… Read more »
OMAHA, Neb. — If some Congressional Republicans have their way, Rep. Don Bacon would lose his spots on the armed services and agriculture committees after voting 'yes' on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
Punchbowl News first reported the plan for political payback Tuesday, about 48 hours after Bacon and 12 other House Republicans lent their support to the bi-partisan… Read more »
