Deb Fischer

I sincerely appreciate the efforts of the late Senator Lautenberg, Senator Vitter and their staffs in finding the common ground needed to advance our chemical safety laws.

I can only agree with my mentor here in the Senate, Senator Klobuchar.

In Nebraska, small businesses represent 96.6 percent of all employers and they employ 50 percent of the private sector labor force.

The goal of environmental protection should not be pursued at the expense of all others, including housing, jobs, economic development, and individual rights.

Well, there are a number of exemptions from the permit program from the 404 permit program that are in Section 404(f).

Nebraskans need an EPA that understands this and that will look for ways to collaborate--rather than regulate--wherever possible.

Nebraska, particularly in agriculture, we have made tremendous environmental progress because of collaborative efforts.

I am particularly concerned about EPA's proposed guidance to define 'waters of the United States,' which would broaden the number and kinds of waters subject to regulation.

So you are telling me that exemption would still remain for that prior converted crop land, in your opinion right now?

The American people who are being forced to pay more for fuel and electricity as a result, they deserve to have an accounting of these actions.

Without reductions from China and India, the world's biggest greenhouse emitters, we must question whether the environmental benefits are even discernible.

I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of the following op-ed from POLITICO. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From POLITICO, June 26, 2013] Modernize, Don't…

I rise today to discuss the Lincoln Highway resolution, which celebrates the centennial of the Nation's first transcontinental highway. In America, our highways are a part of our heritage. They connect people, transport goods, promote…

I thank my distinguished colleague and friend, Senator McCain from Arizona, and I look forward to accepting his invitation to visit his fine State. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.

That was in the early 2000s. Mr. McCAIN. In the early 2000s. I would say to the Senator from Nebraska, she is so ill-informed from the statement I just heard. I don't know where to begin, except to say that if she doesn't think this…

Yes, I will. Mr. McCAIN. Has the Senator ever been to the Arizona-Mexico border?

I would say I believe my statement is correct. It reflects the values of my State, it reflects the values of Americans, and it truly reflects their concerns with this piece of legislation that is before us now. Mr. McCAIN. Madam President…

I rise today to express my deep disappointment with the current immigration reform legislation and the extremely limited opportunity for Senators to amend this bill. Although I was not a Member of the Senate in 2009, I watched the debate…

I rise today to express great concern about the announcement regarding plans to drastically reduce the U.S. nuclear deterrent by over one-third. The strategic basis for this reduction is entirely unclear. The President must provide Members…

I also want to thank you for coming in and visiting with me, and I appreciate that you took the time to have a conversation.

Do you think that that would be one of your priorities, if you would be confirmed?

I rise today to speak on amendment No. 1169, a bipartisan amendment that Senator Carper and I offered to the farm bill to fix bureaucratic hurdles that impact farmers' access to seeds. Like so many of the amendments that were offered to…

Do you think that wireless service is a right of every citizen of this country?

Nebraska has the distinction of being the only State in the Country where every single home and every single business receives electric service from publicly owned power.

I happen to believe that trade is vital for not just manufacturing, for ag products as well.