FARMERS AND RANCHERS MATTER
For years farm income has not met the cost of production. Yet while farmers and ranchers struggle, corporate agribusiness profits skyrocket. This is far from a coincidence.
RURAL COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION
It’s time for us to stand up to put an end to the slow erosion of rural communities. We’ve been watching it happen decade after decade—lost businesses, hospitals, schools, even post offices—no matter who we send to...
Protecting our rural schools
My campaign is about ending the decades-long erosion of rural communities. To that end, I will work legislatively to declare a moratorium on rural school consolidation in this country...
Removing THE ANVIL From nebraska's NECK
America’s egregiously expensive for-profit health care system is an enormous burden on Nebraska families and businesses. Our current system stifles entrepreneurship—would-be entrepreneurs cannot afford...
FREE AND OPEN INTERNET
In contrast to my opponent Adrian Smith, I adamantly oppose the end of Net Neutrality. A free and open internet is vital to our democracy. Net Neutrality ensured that consumers could...
MINIMUM WAGE
I am in favor of raising the minimum wage. The reason is that by doing so you can count on the fact that every additional dollar will be spent locally, and it will then turn over many times.
Our Land, Our water
Let’s be clear about why the super-wealthy in this country support the Keystone Pipeline. It has nothing to do with six months worth of work, which goes by in a heartbeat—or the pocket change it will generate in taxes...