Press Releases

November 20, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) praised the strong foreign policy team being built by President Donald Trump. Ricketts made the comments while on a conference call with Nebraska media. “The Biden-Harris administration’s appeasement-first foreign poli...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, issued the following statement on President Trump’s selection of Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) as Secretary of State: “The Biden-Harris administration’s appeasement-first foreign polic...

November 13, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement congratulating Senator John Thune (R-SD) on being named the Senate Republican Leader: “The American people have given the Senate a mandate to lower prices, unleash American energy, and secure the border...

November 11, 2024 OMAHA, NE – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement on President Trump’s selection of Lee Zeldin as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator:  “The Biden-Harris EPA’s d...

November 10, 2024 OMAHA, NE – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement in anticipation of Veterans Day: “President John F. Kennedy once said, ‘A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.’ Each Veterans Day, we ...

November 8, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), along with 12 other GOP senators, sent a letter to multiple federal agencies with requests, including that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of State: Immediately freeze the assets of Ham...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement commenting on the passing of Nebraska community leader John Gottschalk: “John guided Nebraska’s largest newspaper into the digital age and fought to preserve downtown Omaha. At the USO, he supported our nation’s milita...

October 29, 2024 OMAHA, NE — Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) announced a $5.4 million federal grant to enhance the Southeastern Nebraska Agricultural Supply Chain Efficiency Project. The grant was awarded to Manning Rail, Inc. to rehabilitate a rail line between Fairmont and Burre...