Nebraska U.S. Rep. Don Bacon says we need to address the issue of recruiting for our military. Speaking on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Thursday morning, Bacon said recent statistics show 75 per cent of young people in the U.S. can’t qualify to serve. Read the full story here. Read more »

Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), a veteran and member of the Armed Services Committee, talked about defense issues, recruiting shortages in the U.S. Army, and congressional news of the day. Watch the interview here.  Read more »

Crew members from Offutt Air Force Base’s 55th Wing in Nebraska feasted their eyes last week on something they hardly ever get to see: a new plane. Well, sort of new. The WC-135R “nuke-sniffer” jet that landed July 11 at the Lincoln Airport — the 55th’s temporary operating base while Offutt’s runway is replaced — was actually built in 1964. Read the full article here. Read more »

The House passed its version of the annual national defense authorization bill 329-101 late Thursday with several new tech amendments packed into the massive policy legislation.  The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act received several hundred amendments spanning topic areas from making sure only American-grown flowers are on display at the White House to giving the… Read more »

Crew members from Offutt Air Force Base’s 55th Wing feasted their eyes last week on something they hardly ever get to see: a new plane. Well, sort of new. The WC-135R “nuke-sniffer” jet that landed last Monday at the Lincoln Airport — the 55th’s temporary operating base while Offutt’s runway is replaced — was actually built in 1964. But the former aerial New Hampshire Air… Read more »

Washington, DC – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today voted in favor of H.Res. 1130, to show support for the sovereign decision of Finland and Sweden to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as calling on all members of NATO to ratify the protocols of accession swiftly, as amended. The resolution passed with a vote of 394 to 18. “Sweden and… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) joined his House colleagues in voting for H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. The bill passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority of 329 to 101. “For the 62nd consecutive year, the House of Representatives has put national security first by ensuring a strong military and… Read more »

In a letter sent to President Joe Biden on Tuesday ahead of his trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia which begins tomorrow in Jerusalem, a bipartisan group of 24 House and Senate lawmakers urged the president to make clear U.S. opposition to Iraq’s recently passed law outlawing relations with Israel during his visit. Baghdad passed a law earlier this year that makes… Read more »

Fresh off a recent trip to Israel, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers is urging President Joe Biden to use his trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week to promote and work to expand the normalization agreements between Israel and Arab states to include Saudi Arabia. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Fred Upton (R-MI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Mike Turner (R-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Don… Read more »

Omaha, Neb. – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-R) participated in a bipartisan trip to Israel last week where he met with out-going Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in-coming Prime Minister Yair Lapid, and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He also met with The Honorable Mansour Abbas, current leader of the United Arab List and Chairman of the Special Committee on Arab Society… Read more »