MIL-OSI USA: Fortenberry Honors Congressional Award Winners
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) (Bellevue, NE, September 18, 2018)— Today, in a ceremony at the Bellevue Public Schools Welcome Center, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry presented several outstanding Nebraska students with the prestigious Congressional Award. “I have great respect for the hard work, discipline, and dedication of these […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Analysis: Interns finally getting paid to play
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) For years, students have had to skip meals, wait tables and make major financial sacrifices to serve as an intern on a congressional staff. Due to recent developments, those things will not be as necessary — interns of the House of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: MediaPost: YouTube Faces New Scrutiny Over Children’s Privacy
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) Google is facing new scrutiny on Capitol Hill over allegations that YouTube gathers personal information from children younger than 13. “It has come to our attention that the data collection practices of YouTube … may not be in compliance with the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Fortenberry with Coby Mach on KLIN’s Drive Time Lincoln
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) On September 17, 2018, Congressman Fortenberry spoke with Coby Mach on KLIN’s Drive Time Lincoln about security and aid efforts to protect endangered religious minorities in Iraq and the need to upgrade our Offutt-based spy plane assets to ensure Russian compliance with nuclear arms agreements. […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Fort Report: Good Economic News
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) My office recently received a call from Craig, who does a tidy business in industrial coatings. He had an unusual complaint: Business is too good! He could not hire enough qualified people fast enough to keep up with demand. An interesting […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Fortenberry Spearheads Funding Request for OC-135B Aircraft Replacement
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) (Washington, DC, September 10, 2018)— Members of the Nebraska Congressional delegation have urged leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee on Defense to adopt the Senate’s language to fully fund the OC-135B Aircraft Replacement Program as part of their reconciliation of House and Senate versions of the 2019 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Fortenberry Leads Effort to Secure Pay for Congressional Interns
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) (Washington, DC, September 10, 2018)— “I am pleased to report that as part of the fiscal 2019 Energy-Water, Military Construction-VA and Legislative Branch spending package, Congressional interns will now be paid in both the Senate and the House,” Congressman Fortenberry said. “My colleagues […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Fortenberry focusing efforts on religious minorities in Iraq
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) The United States and its partners must act quickly following the defeat of the so-called Islamic State in northern Iraq to prevent the radical group from regenerating, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry said. Across the once-diverse and religiously pluralistic region, a patchwork of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Fort Report: Our Land, Our Water, Our Wildlife
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) This week in Washington, I attended an event with the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, the largest bipartisan caucus in Congress. I met a gentleman from South Carolina who travels twice a year to Nebraska. He’s a real authority on turkeys and was eager […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Fort Report: Labor Day
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (1st District of Nebraska) A woman named Mary came into my office recently with two truckers. Their pensions were in danger. Mary wanted to livestream the meeting so that truckers around the country could watch. I said, “Mary, that’s not our policy. What’s on your […]
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