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Jeff Fortenberry is a Republican politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 1st congressional district from 2005 until 2022. During his tenure, he focused on issues such as agriculture, national security, and fiscal responsibility. Fortenberry was known for his advocacy for rural communities and his efforts to support Nebraska's agricultural economy. He also served on various committees, contributing to discussions on foreign affairs and appropriations. In 2022, he lost his bid for re-election amid challenges in the political landscape.
I thank the gentleman, my good friend from New Jersey, for the time and for his courageous leadership on this, a central American issue of justice. Mr. Speaker, let me say this first. What a day this has been. I spent the morning with a…
Yesterday marked the official end of America's 9-year war in Iraq. In a low-key ceremony in Baghdad, U.S. troops lowered the American flag of command that flew over the Iraqi capital. The 4,000 remaining U.S. servicemembers in Iraq will…
He authored an amendment to the State Department authorization bill that reaffirms our commitment to end malaria deaths by 2015.
I look forward to learning more about your audit work on the SNAP program and the Department's use of information technology.
We cannot afford to waste taxpayer dollars intended for struggling families.
It's more important than ever that we get the maximum benefits from every taxpayer dollar.
Thank you for holding this important hearing to examine the impacts of this Missouri flood.
I thank the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have long supported a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and I don't take the issue lightly of amending our Constitution, which has endured through strife and dramatic historical…
The Department of Health and Human Services recently proposed a rule that would require all health plans to cover in full and, consequently, every American to subsidize procedures and drugs that are unrelated to medical necessity…
Statement, dated November 2, 2011, of Hon. Jeff Fortenberry, a Representative in Congress from the State of Nebraska, submitted by Mr. Pitts.
It's important in light of that. We need to make sure that our efforts in the region are not discordant.
the reason for pressing the issue is clearly that the United States cannot solve all problems for all people
Health care is a necessary element to a good and orderly and compassionate society. We all support health, but abortion is not health care. {time} 1330 The vast majority of Americans do not support using their dollars in support of the…
We would not sit idly by and passively underwrite this pernicious form of human trafficking known as child conscription.
We know that these waivers must be rare and temporary and meaningfully intended to help stop this pernicious practice.
How can we sit by idly and not look at this in the face and not got our minds around this horror and not act?
But at least we haven't slipped into this barbaric practice of having families subjected to the strong arm of the government.
We can't even imagine that this could happen in this country. It is inconceivable.
I missed rollcall No. 599. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered. This will be a 5-minute vote. The…
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