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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Feb 26, 2020

Congress was very generous to our State, in that we were able to fold underneath the disaster package.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Feb 26, 2020

First of all, let me thank Chairman Neguse for his profound words, generous words, kind words, and committed support to this bill. I also thank Ranking Member McClintock for his review of this impactful history of our Nation. This is the…

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 26, 2020

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank Chairman Rush for his leadership, his heart for this bill, and I thank the chairman and the ranking member for giving me a chance to speak and for their comments. Madam Speaker, I rise today in…

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 25, 2020

this afternoon, we are going to vote on the simplest bill in the history of the U.S. Senate. It is the simplest bill we have ever considered here. It says that if a newborn baby survives an abortion, she deserves medical care. That is the…

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 25, 2020

just for the record and just so we all have it clear, the Senator talks about infanticide, and he is right. Active infanticide is illegal under Federal law as there are no crimes for it in half of the States. More fundamentally, what the…

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 25, 2020

in reserving the right to object and in turning this all the way around, we have an objection to an objection to an objection, but let me just agree to the last point my colleague from Illinois made. I think it would be great if this…

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 25, 2020

reserving the right to object, I would like to address Senator Durbin's comments and his unanimous consent request through the Chair. First, I am glad the Senator from Illinois wants to reduce infant mortality rates and wants to reduce…

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 24, 2020

Thank you, Senator Daines of Montana and Senator Ernst of Iowa. I know Senator Braun is going to be here shortly. I want to speak about both pieces of legislation we are going to be considering tomorrow. Both of them are very important to…

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 11, 2020

In honor of Black History Month, I rise to recognize Littleton Alston for his lifetime contributions in the fine art of sculpting, both as a renowned artist and as a professor. Littleton was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and grew up in…

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Feb 10, 2020

this is one of the most important hearings going on in the United States Congress right now.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Feb 10, 2020

I thank my colleagues and friends from New Mexico and Texas for their leadership today and guidance to the floor. I rise in support of H.R. 504, the DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act, which will improve the management, integration…

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Feb 10, 2020

food security is foundational to stability and human flourishing.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Feb 10, 2020

this creates a moment of opportunity rather than a moment of blame.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Feb 10, 2020

An unlevel playing field tilted toward multinational corporations who have moved their manufacturing overseas probably to take advantage of lax labor standards and environmental standards for profiteering purposes.

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Jeff Fortenberry
@jefffortenberry· Republican · NE· Feb 10, 2020

It is very difficult to follow when you are using that too rapidly and not defining what they mean.

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Ben Sasse
@bensasse· Republican · NE· Feb 5, 2020

I ask unanimous consent to introduce into the Senate Record and into the impeachment trial record an op-ed that I wrote in the Omaha World-Herald this morning. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record…

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