U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and his fellow House Baltic Caucus co-chair on Wednesday commended the first-ever authorization of the Baltic Security Initiative being included in a federal defense bill currently under consideration in Congress.
“The partnership and friendship between the U.S. and Baltic states must be maintained for years, and our provision achieves that,” said Rep. Bacon,… Read more »
WASHINGTON DC (The Hill): The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is over, but congressional oversight has just barely begun.
Lawmakers continue to have lingering questions about a withdrawal that saw the deaths of 13 U.S. troops, as well as scores of Afghans, and are promising hearings and probes in the coming weeks.
Already one House committee has moved to try to compel answers,… Read more »
OMAHA, Neb. — Filling jobs in Nebraska crept to the front of people's minds as they celebrated Labor Day in downtown Omaha.
Thousands of men and women who walked in Monday's Septemberfest parade downtown possess job skills that are currently in high demand.
Even while having the lowest unemployment rate in the U.S., elected leaders — at a state and labor union level — want to help… Read more »
The Afghan family almost made it.
They could see the Marines on the other side of the Taliban checkpoint, some 300 yards away.
The Taliban were even handing out water. It seemed virtually certain that the family would be on their way to join relatives in Nebraska.
But as they waited their turn at the checkpoint, two trucks pulled up, and newly arrived Taliban militants… Read more »
LINCOLN, NEB. – Following requests by Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska congressional delegation, President Joe Biden yesterday issued a major disaster declaration for the state of Nebraska. The declaration will allow for federal funds to begin flowing to portions of the state impacted by severe thunderstorms between July 9 and July 10.
“Nebraska communities… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), voted Thursday morning in favor of advancing H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The bill was reported out of committee by a vote of 57 to 2. This annual legislation, which… Read more »
Some Republican members of Congress are pushing back on Biden administration figures of Americans left behind in Afghanistan after the last U.S. troops left the country on Monday, arguing they do not give the full picture of who is stranded under Taliban rule.
President Joe Biden said in an address Tuesday that “about 100 to 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan,” and that… Read more »
Members of Congress and their staffers who scrambled to help Americans and their Afghan allies evacuate Afghanistan before this week’s withdrawal deadline have revealed some of the frantic messages they received from people desperate to leave in recent days.
Multiple outlets, including The New York Post, reported on the difficulties facing would-be evacuees who attempted… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC–Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Co-Chairmen of the House Baltic Caucus, announced the first-ever authorization of the Baltic Security Initiative in the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The $175 million authorization will go toward ensuring the security of the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, which are critical… Read more »
Thirteen service members who died in the Kabul terrorist attack may be awarded Congressional Gold Medals, including Omaha Marine Corporal Daegan Page.
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry said in a statement Tuesday he's cosponsored a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military service members who died last week in a terrorist attack near the Kabul… Read more »
