Deb Fischer: “I appreciate you clarifying that, because I think it's important for us to be able to understand that.”

I come before you today to discuss a grave situation that is unfolding in the southwestern part of my State. Two Nebraska communities--one at Swanson Reservoir and the other at Red Willow--are at risk. Over the past 50 years, residents of…

I am astounded by this once again. As I have said, the situation is dire. My constituents will lose their homes. The communities they have built for the last 50 years will be destroyed. I don't know of any other bill, in the 100 or 150…

last week, my bill, the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act, or the FACT Act, cleared the Commerce Committee unanimously. Now it will come before us here on the Senate floor for a vote. I stand before you today because the…

we are now in the longest government shutdown in American history--39 days--and all across our country, Americans are paying the price. More than 600,000 Federal workers have been furloughed. Air traffic controllers, Federal law…