'Ukraine's in the right': Bacon comments on Russia's 'war of aggression' Congressman Don Bacon answers questions about his perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war and President Trump's meeting Monday with President Zelenskyy. https://www.wowt.com/video/2025/08/19/ukraines-right-bacon-comments-russias-war-aggression/ Read more »

Bacon Announces Priorities Included in Defense Appropriations Bill Secures over $2.3B for Nebraska Defense Research and Air Force Investments  Washington – Today, Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) announced the successful inclusion of over $2.3 billion in critical Nebraska priorities in the Defense Appropriations bill passed by the House of… Read more »

Bacon Lauds Progress on FY26 Defense Policy Bill Washington – Late Tuesday evening, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-02) Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee (CITI), voted in favor of advancing H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National… Read more »

Bacon Issues Statement on Iran/Israel Situation Washington – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) issued the following response regarding the Iran/Israel situation: “Iran should have taken the denuclearization deal when President Trump offered it.  As we saw over the weekend, they are unwise to continue testing the President’s resolve and today’s strikes on US bases in the region are… Read more »

Bacon, Gottheimer Demand Answers from the Administration on U.S.-Houthi Agreement, Ongoing Threat to Israel Washington, DC — Today, May 9, 2025, U.S. Representatives Don Bacon (NE-2) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump and Acting National Security Advisor Marco Rubio demanding clarity on the May 6 agreement with the… Read more »

Bacon, Pappas Co-lead Taiwan Representative Office Act Washington, DC - Reps. Don Bacon (NE-02) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) have introduced legislation to direct the Secretary of State to engage in negotiations with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) to rename its office the ‘‘Taiwan Representative Office.” Currently named the Taipei Economic and… Read more »

Don Bacon's New York Times editorial urges Republicans, President Trump to hold Putin accountable   Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon called on his fellow Republicans and President Donald Trump to hold Russia accountable for the war in Ukraine. In an essay published by the New York Times on Monday morning, Bacon said President Vladimir Putin is "dragging his feet" on a… Read more »

Lawmakers Are Pressing the Trump Team for Answers on Abducted Ukrainian Children Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, told NOTUS in an interview on Wednesday that he feels the administration is encroaching on Congress’ power of the purse.  “If money is appropriated, signed into law by the President — whether it’s President Biden or President Trump — they, by law, are supposed to… Read more »

Don Bacon is 'man in the wilderness' as GOP critic of Donald Trump on Ukraine Republicans have mostly stayed quiet while President Donald Trump has upended U.S. foreign policy, seeming to embrace longtime adversary Russia while launching trade wars and verbal attacks on allies in Canada, Mexico, European NATO countries and, especially, Ukraine.  U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, who… Read more »

Pro-Ukraine GOP Rep. Bacon declares 'real Republicans know that Putin’s Russia hates the West and freedom'  Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who is a staunch supporter of Ukraine and critic of Russia, declared in a post on X that "real Republicans know that Putin’s Russia hates the West and freedom." "We also know that Ukraine wants democracy, free markets and rule of law. We stand… Read more »