PETE RICKETTS, SENATOR FOR NEBRASKA

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

June 2, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state. At Mobile Office Hours, Ricketts’ staff will be on-site to assist Nebraskans with their casework needs. If Nebraskans can’t get an answer in a timely manner or feel they […]

Ricketts Statement on Student Loan Cancellation Vote

June 1, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after voting for a Congressional Review Act resolution overturning the student loan cancellation scheme issued by President Biden’s Department of Education last year. The plan would transfer the student loan debt of those who have not paid it back […]

VIDEO: Ricketts Highlights Putin’s Human Rights Atrocities in Ukraine

May 31, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) highlighted the brutal human rights impact of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and called on the Biden administration to do more to hold Putin and other perpetrators accountable. “In April of last year, the horrific images of corpses littering the streets of Bucha […]

Ricketts, EPW Committee Advance Bipartisan Energy Bill

May 31, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) advanced bipartisan legislation that would help position the United States as the undisputed international leader for nuclear energy technologies. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2023, which […]

VIDEO: Ricketts Remembers Fallen on Memorial Day

May 28, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following video statement to commemorate Memorial Day. “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but by the men it honors, the men it remembers. Those words were spoken by John F. Kennedy over half a century ago, […]

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

May 26, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state. At Mobile Office Hours, Ricketts’ staff will be on-site to assist Nebraskans with their casework needs. If Nebraskans can’t get an answer in a timely manner or feel they […]

Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours

May 19, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state. At Mobile Office Hours, Ricketts’ staff will be on-site to assist Nebraskans with their casework needs. If Nebraskans can’t get an answer in a timely manner or feel they […]

Ricketts Spotlights Growing Threat to Israel Amid Lebanon’s Uncertain Future

May 18, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to confirm the U.S. ambassador to the Lebanese Republic earlier this week, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) highlighted the growing threat to Israel from Iranian-backed Palestinian militants operating in Lebanon. Ricketts also expressed his concerns about the presidential vacuum in Lebanon and […]

Ricketts Statement on DHS ‘Public Charge Rule’ Vote

May 17, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) released the following statement after the Senate voted to block the Biden administration’s new “public charge” rule from the Department of Homeland Security. The new rule expands the taxpayer-funded benefits that illegal immigrants can receive without risking their green card applications. “These kinds […]