Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) highlighted the Nebraska wins in the bipartisan package to end the government shutdown. “This bipartisan package delivers for Nebraska,” said Senator Ricketts.  “It extends critical farm bill authorities and supports agricul...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) called for expedited passage of the bipartisan solution to end the government shutdown. “Last night, eight Democrats finally joined Republicans to begin re-opening government,” said Senator Ricketts.  “This bipartisan packag...

“Republicans have been consistent. We’ve offered a bipartisan funding resolution that Democrats have previously voted to pass four times over the last 19 months.  After 40 days of delays, disruptions, and missed paychecks, Democrats finally appear to vote with Republicans to reopen government. I urge my colleagues t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, in a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) condemned Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Democrats for making unserious demands in exchange for reopening the federal government. “But why I’m here today is to talk about ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after the announcement that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords: “President Trump’s historic Abraham Accords were the crowning foreign policy achievement of his first term.  Building on its succes...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Flood Protection and Infrastructure Resilience Act. The bill would elevate long-term flood resilience as a priority for the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program. It would grant the Se...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE), the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, & International Cybersecurity Policy, and Tom Cotton (R-AR), the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, led six colleagues in applauding President Donal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) emphasized his efforts to end the Schumer Shutdown. It is now the longest government shutdown in history.  Ricketts made the comments during his regular conference call with Nebraska media. Watch the video here. “This is day 36 of the S...