Omaha, Neb.– Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today announced the winning artists from Nebraska’s 2ndCongressional District for the 2021 Congressional Art Competition.Bacon served as national co-chair for this year’s competition. Judging was conducted by the Nebraska Art Teachers Association. The guest speakers for the event were Dr.Deborah… Read more »

If former secretary of state John Kerry shared sensitive information with Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, he should be fired from the Biden Administration and there should be an investigation, US Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) told Iran International on Wednesday. “John Kerry Should not be sharing classified information [with] a terrorist regime that undermines our great… Read more »

ASHLAND, Neb. — NASA has selected a small research satellite designed by Nebraska students to be placed in Earth's orbit. Saturday morning, the Big Red Satellite team got one step closer to launching their CubeSat into space.  "On behalf of the team, welcome today to our laboratory," said Doc Chaves, member of the BRS Advisory Team. A group of middle school, high school… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. — A team of Nebraska middle and high school students, mentored by University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduate engineering students, will have their satellite placed into Earth's orbit, according to UNL. NASA announced the project is one of 14 research satellites from nine states, and the first ever from Nebraska, to be included in an upcoming launch in the next several… Read more »

Washington, D.C.—Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today released the following statement after voting against H.R. 51, the D.C. Admission Act, which would grant statehood to the District of Columbia: “H.R. 51 is unconstitutional as it does not rescind the 23rd Amendment, which give the areas known as ‘The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States” a number of electors of… Read more »

Washington – Today, Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) became an original cosponsor of Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (NY-21) Wage Equity Act to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. Modeled after bipartisan legislation that has been signed into law in states across the country, the bill encourages employers to proactively evaluate their pay practices and eliminate pay disparities in their… Read more »

Washington – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) has been ranked in the top 20% of Republicans for legislative effectiveness in the 116th Congress. The Center for Effective Lawmaking bases the scores on 15 metrics regarding the bills that each member of Congress sponsors, how substantial their policy proposals are, and how far they move through the lawmaking process. “I have found that by… Read more »

Nebraska's U.S. Congressman from the Second District was in Broken Bow Thursday (April 8, 2021) to tour a hog barn with Thomas Livestock Company, Inc. and visit with pork producers. Bacon currently serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, House Committee on Armed Services, and the House Homeland Security Committee. The second district includes the Omaha metro, Douglas… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), member of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced he will be withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021:  "I deployed multiple times to Afghanistan and Iraq after the 9/11 attacks and have seen first-hand the effectiveness of our counter-terrorism… Read more »

Nebraska U.S. Congressman Don Bacon says the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank could open by the end of the year. “It was my initiative to get the food-and-mouth disease vaccine bank started. It’s a three-year process and we’re in our third year and I hope this year it will be operational.” In July, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced the initial purchase of… Read more »