Don Bacon

I thank Mr. Rutherford, a great friend and colleague, for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize a bipartisan issue that threatens the safety of our law enforcement officers and our communities in which they serve, and we have a…

I appreciate the bipartisan work here to support our bases that need to be rebuilt. I urge the support of this amendment to increase the Air Force O&M budget in the Disaster Aid Package to a total of $670 million for recovery of the…

This should be the number one priority for Congress is passing USMCA.

About $50,000 for the average farmer in Nebraska comes from our trade with Canada and Mexico.

I appreciate his candor, especially his candor coming from the other side of the aisle.

Really, full time work is the best way out of poverty, and often a year or 2 later, there are raises and promotions.

There is an expectation by most for folks to seek that work and there is an expectation of having some time limits within the SNAP Program.

There was a desire for doubling the number of F-22s, and that decision was made outside of the Air Force to stop that production.

I want to, first of all, just congratulate Secretary Wilson for a job well done.

Thank you, Chairman, and I want to thank all of our witnesses here today for sharing us with your expert positions and opinions.

Today, I rise to support a constituent of mine who was recognized this past January as the 2019 Dealer of the Year by the American Truck Dealers. Trey Mytty is the President and CEO of Truck Center Companies, which is headquartered in…

Today, I rise to recognize and congratulate one of the distinguished finalists for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, Millard South High School senior, Carly Renken, from Gretna, Nebraska. Carly is a cofounder of the nonprofit…

In honor of Women's History Month, I would like to recognize a constituent of the Second District of Nebraska, Sherry Wright, the first African American woman to receive a military commission from the University of Nebraska-Omaha's ROTC…

Today I rise in opposition to this effort to conduct a hostile takeover of our elections by Washington, D.C. H.R. 1 is nothing less than an attempt by the majority party to federalize our election system, strip all authority from the…

I just wanted to publicly state that.

This is a war on poverty, not a war on the impoverished.

I thank the gentleman from Louisiana and I thank the gentlewoman from New York for their leadership today. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill, H.R. 504, that I authored. It is called the DHS Field Engagement Accountability Act. The…

We have serious vulnerabilities in our southern border and American citizens are suffering a devastating impact.

Republicans and Democrats must sit together, negotiate and solve this problem in good faith.

Today I would like to honor the passing of Major General Sun-Ha Lim, who passed away on July 22. Throughout his life, he defended the Republic of Korea and the free world from communism. As a second lieutenant, he helped form the U.S…

I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rutherford), our distinguished representative from Florida, my good friend, for yielding some time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6580, the Kerrie Orozco First…

I used to work in the cyber offensive side a little bit, cyber intelligence side, and we have some of the best capabilities in the world there but we were also the most vulnerable when it comes to defense and other people cyber attack.

Thank you and I appreciate all three of you being here, thanks for your service.

If ICE was abolished, how would that impact your air mission?

I want to thank the chairwoman and the ranking member for their leadership on this bill. I stand in support of the fiscal year 2019 Defense Appropriations bill. It funds our critical defense needs. It is a great investment in our men and…