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Kids honor vets at west Omaha Catholic school

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Tags: Veterans

https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/kids-honor-vets-at-west-omaha-catholic-school At Saint Wenceslaus Catholic School on Monday, it was a day to say thank you. "We will always need the serviceman and servicewoman to defend this country, because there will always be people out there that will be greedy that have an ideology they want to impose on us or just full of hate,” says…

Omaha Receives $16.9M Grant For 120th Street Widening Project

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https://www.omahadailyrecord.com/content/omaha-receives-169m-grant-120th-street-widening-project The City of Omaha received a $16.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to widen 120th Street to four lanes. The decision was announced last Wednesday in a joint statement by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon. The funding comes from the Better Utilizing…

National and state lawmakers focus on family caregivers

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https://nebraska.tv/news/local/national-and-state-lawmakers-focus-on-family-caregivers "Congressman Don Bacon and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry have recently cosponsored legislation in the House of Representatives to support family caregivers and to educate professionals about hospice and palliative care. Now, these bills are moving to the Senate for approval," said Chentland.

Bacon Issues Statement Regarding Impeachment Inquiry Hearings

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Congressman Don Bacon released the following statement regarding today's impeachment inquiry hearings: "I have been busy attending committee hearings and meeting with visiting constituents. The Democratic leadership obsession with impeachment is distracting us from the real work we need to be doing for Americans: passing a budget, ensuring our military is fully-funded, and ratifying the…

Bacon, Tonko, Langevin Introduce Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019

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Congressmen Don Bacon (NE-02), Paul Tonko (NY-20), and Jim Langevin (RI-02) today introduced bi-partisan legislation to aid national biopreparedness by amending the Public Health Services (PHS) Act to include coverage of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)-certified respiratory protective devices. In 2005, the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP)…

Bacon, Cisneros Reintroduce Stop Straw Purchases Act

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Today, Congressman Don Bacon (NE-R) was joined by Congressman Gil Cisneros (CA-D) in reintroducing H.R. 4939, the STOP Straw Purchases Act, to increase penalties resulting from the purchase of a firearm for a prohibited person.  An illegal firearm purchase is a federal crime and applies to purchases for those who are knowingly prohibited by law from possessing a…

Bacon Issues Statement Following No Vote on Immpeachment Inquiry

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Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02)‚ issued the following statement after voting no on House Resolution 660, regarding impeachment hearings of the President of the United States: “After acknowledging the unfairness of their hyper-partisan impeachment inquiry, House Democrats had a chance to establish the transparent impeachment process that Americans expect and restore some…

Bacon Votes to Impose Sanctions on Turkey, Recognize Armenian Genocide

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 – Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) yesterday voted to pass H.R. 4695, the Protect Against Conflict by Turkey Act (PACT Act), and H.Res. 296, Affirming the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide. Rep. Bacon is a cosponsor of H.R. 4695. The PACT Act is bi-partisan legislation that will take action to impose sanctions on Turkey for their…

Bacon Votes in Favor of Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program

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Tags: Veterans

Yesterday, Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.Res. 107 which would establish the Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program for the placement in offices of Members of the House of Representatives of children, spouses, and siblings of members of the Armed Services who are hostile casualties or who have died from a training-related…