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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) participated in a Senate Banking Committee hearing where he advocated for regulatory relief for Nebraska’s financial institutions through bank capital modernization, emphasizing the critical role of relationship-based mortgage lendin...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, during his weekly press call with Nebraska media, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) discussed President Trump’s State of the Union Address.  He highlighted wins the President and Senate Republicans are delivering for Nebraska. “Nebraskans elected this Ad...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) praised the “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork” initiative from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ricketts also emphasized the need to prioritize flood control to preven...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) called on his Senate colleagues to pass the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act.  Ricketts discussed the success of Nebraska housing programs when he was Governor and the importa...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement praising the Trump administration’s decision to appoint Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as acting director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.“When I was Governor, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya consulted while we developed Ne...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) led the Nebraska congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, expressing support for Nebraska beef after a trade agreement with Argentina. The letter underscores the importance of trade policies that create opportunities...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it rescinded the Endangerment Finding. Ricketts said the following: “The Obama-Biden EPA was a rogue agency.  Yesterday...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Chris Coons (D-DE), senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Young Kim (R-CA-40), and Ami Bera (D-CA-06), senior members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a bipartisan, bicam...