PRESS RELEASES

- Friday February 21st, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Committee on the Budget, issued the following statement after voting to pass the budget resolution last night on the Senate floor:
“This budget resolution instructs committees of jurisdiction to allocate funds or find savings...

- Thursday February 20th, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, praised the budget resolution as providing the framework to help fund President Trump’s priorities. Ricketts discussed the resolution while on a conference call with Nebraska media:
“Last week, my Senate...

- Wednesday February 19th, 2025
February 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) questioned infrastructure policy experts during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on improving the federal environmental review and permitting process. During the hearing, Sen. Ricketts said the following:
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IN THE
NEWS

- Friday October 18th, 2024
KETV
OMAHA, Neb. —
Senator Pete Ricketts sits down with FirstNews for ‘Coffee with the Candidates’ to discuss his last 20 months in office since replacing Ben Sasse and his vision for the future.
Click here to watch Preston Love Jr., Ricketts’ opponent, in his interview for ‘Coff...

- Thursday October 3rd, 2024
Norfolk Radio
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) joined Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) to introduce the Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by unNaturalized Emigrants (BE GONE) Act.
The bill, led by Ernst, would allow the U.S. to deport sexual offenders currently in the count...

- Wednesday August 14th, 2024
WOWT
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – JD Vance is coming to Omaha.
Nebraska GOP Chairman Eric Underwood confirmed to 6 News on Wednesday that the Republican vice presidential hopeful plans to make an appearance in the Cornhusker State next week.
Vance — a U.S. Senator from Ohio who was chosen last ...
WEEKLY
COLUMN

- Friday February 21st, 2025
February 21, 2025
The last four years of the Biden administration failed the American people. Under Biden’s watch, millions of illegal aliens flooded our border. His appeasement-first foreign policy emboldened our adversaries. Biden made our country less safe. Reckless spending and burdensome regulations caused a...

- Friday February 14th, 2025
February 14, 2025
The Islamic Republic of Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. They’ve spent decades funding terror attacks all over the world. Iranian proxies have launched thousands of missiles at Israel. In fact, Iran itself launched the largest ballistic missile attack in history against Israel las...

- Friday February 7th, 2025
February 7, 2025
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a lawless, politicized body. It threatens our sovereignty, our servicemembers, and our allies. It has investigated American troops. It’s taken illegitimate action against Israel. The Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act would sanction ICC officials for ov...
VIDEOS
Ricketts Questions Infrastructure Experts on the Permitting Process and Necessary Reforms
Sen. Pete Ricketts February 19, 2025 2:34 pm
Ricketts: Weaponizing Federal Regulators Undermines Faith in Our Banking System
Sen. Pete Ricketts February 13, 2025 1:07 pm
Ricketts Announces Resolution Honoring the Life and Legacy of Howard Hawks
Sen. Pete Ricketts February 13, 2025 1:05 pm
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