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Congressman Bacon Tours Graepel North America, Calls for Urgent USMCA Ratification

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https://www.constructionbusinessowner.com/news/congressman-bacon-tours-graepel-north-america-calls-urgent-usmca-ratification Oct. 9, 2019, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and Graepel North America hosted Congressman Don Bacon (Republican-Nebraska). Representative Bacon met with Graepel North America employees, took a tour of Graepel’s facility, and discussed the…

Military, political leaders applaud start of $32 million Offutt levee improvement project

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https://www.omaha.com/news/military/military-political-leaders-applaud-start-of-million-offutt-levee-improvement/article_67e0b62d-fe56-5014-a374-4482e7b57946.html The construction project that will save Offutt Air Force Base is ready to start. Gov. Pete Ricketts and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., headlined a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning at Bellevue’s American Heroes Park for a…

Why Open Skies Is An Old Fashioned Treaty Worth Keeping

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https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/10/why-open-skies-old-fashioned-treaty-worth-keeping/160496/?oref=d-channeltop Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have expressed alarm about reports that the Trump administration may abandon the Open Skies Treaty. Put into effect in 2002, it allows the United States, Russia, and 32 other countries to conduct short-notice flights over one…

Local reaction to President Trump's proposed biofuels package

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https://www.ketv.com/article/local-reaction-to-president-trumps-proposed-biofuels-package/29371078 OMAHA, Neb. — President Donald Trump announced Friday he plans to do something to help ethanol producers. With half of the corn grown in Nebraska going to ethanol production any help from the administration is welcome. "It's so important to our agriculture economy, particularly our…

Rep. Don Bacon to hold Oct. 5 town hall in Papillion

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https://www.omaha.com/news/politics/rep-don-bacon-to-hold-oct-town-hall-in-papillion/article_ba5d80a8-d453-5078-a310-d844f8976db1.html U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., is giving constituents another chance to share questions, comments and criticism with him.

Congressman Don Bacon returns from border, says Congress must act

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https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/congressman-don-bacon-returns-from-border-says-congress-must-act OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Congressman Bacon mentioned maybe a dozen times that there absolutely is a crisis at the border, saying we're on the path for 1.5 million people to cross the border illegally, or seek asylum. To help with this, Rep. Bacon says the country needs resources down south.

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon calls for compromise in border battle

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https://www.ketv.com/article/us-rep-don-bacon-calls-for-compromise-in-border-battle/28941744 OMAHA, Neb. - Rep. Don Bacon said he supports the Department of Defense's move to shift $3 billion in military construction funds to pay for wall projects on Mexico's border, saying what's happening there is a security crisis.

World War I vet from Chalco honored in Papillion

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https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/world-war-i-vet-from-chalco-honored-in-papillion A World War I veteran, who was wounded in the war, was honored Monday in a ceremony in Papillion. Congressman Don Bacon gave a presentation to the great-nephew of Louie Hibbeller, who passed in 1979.