Deb Fischer

I appreciated all your comments and all your viewpoints, and I think it just reinforced how important it is that every state be able to set up and monitor their own elections.

Thank you, Chairwoman Klobuchar, for holding this hearing.

I don't believe there is any accountability for how you would spend those funds.

I believe your job is to implement programs that Congress has provided funds for.

Nebraskans are concerned that this effort is an attempt at a land grab by the Federal Government.

In a rural state like mine, where nearly 94 percent of the fire departments, are entirely volunteer-run, programs like the Volunteer Fire Assistance Program are crucial.

Providing access to E15 helps families save money at the gas pump, it is better for our environment, and it boosts our nation's energy security.

I believe your duty is to properly manage the land that is held by the Federal Government.

I will continue to advocate for more funding for programs that truly are able to take care of the land that the Federal Government has.

I will strongly oppose moving any of those taxpayer dollars from the bipartisan infrastructure bill that we passed on a bipartisan basis to increase any more Federal permitting.

Our volunteer fire departments are essential to helping to control fires that are on Federal lands as well.

Unless Mexico relents on this I think the United States must be ready to swiftly move to dispute settlement.

Our veterans put their lives on the line in service to our Nation, and we have a responsibility to support and honor them.

It is important that the American people understand that the AOC is a financial steward of those resources that they receive.

It is important to restore regular order in the appropriations process. The American people deserve a transparent and on time budget from their elected officials.

almost 20 years ago, a family in Idaho purchased a lot in a residential area near Priest Lake. They were looking to build a home. They obtained county building permits and started placing sand and gravel on their property to get it ready…

I am sure you have seen news reports about a group of four Americans who were recently kidnapped after driving across the U.S.-Mexico border. This week, two of them were tragically found dead. My heart goes out to the families affected by…

my colleagues are here today to shine a light on the Biden administration's obsession with unhelpful and unnecessary regulations. We know that excessive redtape devastates our economy, and it harms communities. That is why the President's…

in April, Border Patrol agents encountered an unaccompanied 2-year-old boy at the southern border of Texas. Let me read you part of what the Customs and Border Protection released: The boy, a Honduran national, who had lost his shoe in the…

She has given dismissive and evasive answers, and outright flipped on positions she had otherwise consistently taken throughout her career.

But Ms. Sohn thinks she is some kind of copyright Robin Hood.

The FCC is charged with protecting intellectual property rights.

I believe this promise essentially admitted to conflicts of interests on matters such as retransmission consent and television copyrights.

when I joined the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2013, I encountered a new world of information. Along with that information came a new world of security measures. As a member of that committee, I reviewed document after document…

I would thank my colleague, the senior Senator from Texas, for his comments and his perspective and his insight, as a Senator serving from a border State, on what they are facing every single day. I would say to my colleague that Nebraska…