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U.S. Representative for the First Congressional District of Nebraska

Lincoln, NE / Washington, D.C.
fortenberry.house.gov
Joined January 2009
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  1. Oct 17

    With the story about the endangered species photos of Lincoln’s Joel Sartore, I am reminded of our Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, which I introduced to enhance habitat, recreation, and sporting opportunity

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  2. Oct 17

    Yesterday I spoke at 11th Annual Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference. In 5 years, 40% of Nebraska Public Power District's electricity will come from wind. Good for the environment, good for farm communities, who have a new sustainable way to power their lives.

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  3. Oct 17

    Today, October 17, is the deadline that and I set for Google CEO Sundar Pichai to respond to our letter seeking to know how the search engine giant tracks and markets to children online. Still no word.

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  4. Oct 16

    Seizing on America's historic role in finding creative pathways to peace, and I announce the Palestinian Partnership Fund Act of 2018, which builds interconnectedness between Israelis and Palestinians through joint economic partnerships ”

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  5. Oct 12

    One of the more colorful characters in our nation spends a lot of nights dreaming about the future of infrastructure. In the meantime, as Mr. Musk figures out a way to get us to the moon, let’s make sure the everyday stuff works well on earth

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  6. Oct 12

    On National Farmers Day, we recognize the hard-working men and women who feed the world and who are the backbone of The Good Life.

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  7. Oct 12

    If you follow international affairs closely, you are aware of US-Turkish tensions, given President Erdogan's disruptive behavior. An underlying issue was the house arrest of American Pastor Andrew Brunson. Thankfully, he was just released.

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  8. Oct 11

    An overlooked aspect of the abuse of our immigration system is that the world’s wealthy exploit the underground “birth tourism” industry to gain citizenship for their children. This needs to be stopped immediately.

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  9. Oct 10

    Big news coming from yesterday, permitting the year-long use of ethanol (E15). This is a significant victory for Nebraska’s farmers — the nation’s 2nd leading producer of this sustainable fuel.

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  10. Oct 9

    Nikki Haley was “the new sheriff in town” at the United Nations. I greatly respect and admire her and appreciate the dialogue we had.

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  11. Oct 5

    We must work aggressively to get the possibility of a nuclear event as close to zero as possible

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  12. Oct 5

    Nadia Murad willingly told us her story in Washington. The pain, the sorrow, the grief was almost too much to hear. The Nobel Prize made the right decision. Thank you, Nadia, for your courage in the face of barbaric evil.

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  13. Oct 3

    A new state-of-the-art VA clinic on the existing VA campus is a big win for Lincoln’s and for economic regeneration of a unique historic property in our community. Nebraska is leading the way on creative public-private partnerships for veterans

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  14. Oct 3

    Big news! My bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act has reached 100 co-sponsors in the House.

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  15. Oct 3

    This is not just another Washington photo op. This woman’s daughter, Maggie, was killed by ISIS terrorists in Egypt as she sat in church with her mother. She gave a beautiful account of life, tragedy, and forgiveness.

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  16. Oct 2

    The reformed and renegotiated trade deal with Canada and Mexico appears to move us in the right direction. Trade has to be fair or it will not be “free.”

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  17. Sep 28

    For most of its history, the unofficial motto of search engine giant Google was “Don’t Be Evil.” In a recent letter to CEO Sundar Pichai, Representative and I challenged to be true to its motto in marketing to children:

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  18. Sep 22

    The Larsons are the next generation of young farmers. Their dairy farm is small, but it is powered by big tech.

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  19. Sep 21

    . was a no-show on Capitol Hill for discussion of censorship, bias, and election interference. The question now is whether they will be a no-show on protecting children’s online privacy.

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  20. Sep 21

    Good chat with Jon and Taryn Vanderford about the impressive intelligence-gathering planes we will soon be seeing in our area, as the Lincoln Airport gets set to receive these aircraft during important construction of a new runaway @Offut_AFB

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