Weekly Column

Weekly Column: Alzheimer’s remains one of the most difficult medical and social challenges of our time. Thankfully, Nebraskans are doing everything they can to raise awareness.

On Memorial Day, people in Nebraska and throughout this nation carry on a solemn tradition of honoring the fallen of our wars. In this week’s column, I encourage all Nebraskans to reflect on the sacrifices made for our freedom. Read more:

I always look forward to welcoming Nebraskans to our nation’s capital and listening to what’s on their minds. Learn more in this week’s column about how you can use my office as a resource if you are planning a trip to Washington.

Our firefighters are the heroes who always have our backs when we need them the most. This is why Senator Menendez and I made a bipartisan ask to the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act. More in this week’s column:

The passage of the Disaster Tax Relief Act would be an important step in the right direction. I will continue to fight to ensure that Congress quickly enacts this bill into law to lighten the load for our hurting families.

Families move mountains to ensure their children get the life-saving care they require. The last thing they need is government bureaucracy complicating the process. I look forward to the ACE Kids Act receiving the president’s signature and becoming law.

The road to Offutt’s recovery will not be easy. This will be a day-by-day, step-by-step process. But with the persistent hard work of the Air Force, Congress, and the local Bellevue community, we will rebuild and improve Offutt Air Force Base.

As we near the three-year anniversary of their passing, I am introducing “Hammers’ Law” to help correct this wrong. This bill would enable future families to pursue fairer compensation when similar tragedies strike. It will hold the responsible cruise line accountable by allowing for compensation that more fully reflects the company’s negligence. Hammers’ Law would finally align the cruise ship industry with the aviation industry under DOHSA.

Elizebeth Smith Friedman defied him anyway. She vowed to pave her own path. In between her rigorous studies on Shakespeare and classical literature, Elizebeth worked as a seamstress to earn money to pay for tuition. During a course in philosophy she found herself spellbound by the works of a renaissance scholar, Erasmus. She wrote in one of her papers, “he believed in one aristocracy – the aristocracy of intellect.” As her biographer noted, Elizebeth felt liberated by this concept. It wasn’t the amount of wealth or status that defined her, it was the power of her ideas.

As we move forward in our recovery, I will be fighting to provide for the specific needs of our hurting families and communities and working to identify ways the federal government can help get Nebraskans back on our feet.