Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced the names of 30 Nebraskans he is nominating for application to the United States Military Service Academies. The selection of students will have the opportunity to be admitted to our nation’s various service academies for the Class of 20...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, slammed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it approved California’s plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE)celebrated passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included provisions from his bipartisan BOLSTER Act. Ricketts made the comments on a conference call with Nebraska media. “We live in the most dangerous period in our cou...

December 17, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) spoke on the Senate floor to honor the life and legacy of John Gottschalk, the former chairman and CEO of the Omaha-World Herald, who passed away last month. “John and his wife, Carmen, were extraordinary people,” Ricketts said. “Joh...

December 16, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), four senior members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, released the following statement in response to Romania’s efforts to address Russian interference in its...

December 13, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) reflected on the achievements he and his office delivered for Nebraskans over the past year. Ricketts made the comments while on a conference call with Nebraska media. “I’m proud of the work my team and I have done fighting for Nebra...

December 10, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following his election in November, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) was sworn in yesterday to complete the remaining two years of his term as U.S. Senator for Nebraska. “I am humbled by the responsibility of representing the great people of Nebraska in the U.S. Senate,”Ri...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) issued the following statement on the passing of Howard L. Hawks, co-founder of Tenaska Energy, philanthropist, and longtime member of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents:  “Nebraskans have benefitted greatly from Howard Hawks’s leaders...