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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We welcome Nebraska US Senator Deb Fisher back to the program. Senator,
good morning. Are you there?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I am, Oh, there you are.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Okay, yeah, operator error here in Omaha, my fault.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Okay, great, good to have you here.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
A few things to get to. After the Big Beautiful
Bill Act was done, we were told, actually we were
told before it passed, that there would be more coming.
And I understand there's a key GOP group starting to
work on a second, big beautiful bill. What do you
know about this, what's coming down the pike.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Well, I'm on the Appropriations Committee, and so we are
doing our work. Now. We've passed out of the Senate
Committee six of our subcommittee bills. We have six more
to go. And Sender soon promised from the very beginning
that when we would get our bills up, he would
put them on the floor. And so he's in the
(00:58):
process now of getting in two or three or four
of them together, so we can address those this week.
As you know, the last couple of years, we faced
Chuck Schumer and he would not and they were in
the majority, and he would not put any appropriation spills
up on the floor. So instead we ended up with
(01:21):
these big bloated omnibus bills or continuing resolutions which have
a lot of wasteful spending in them. So I'm just
looking forward to being able to be accountable to Nebraskans
and to the American people by having these committee bills
(01:42):
which we had hearings on and markups on public hearings,
have them on the floor so we can debate and
give people the opportunity to amend them and then vote.
I mean, that's how you hold us accountable by our vote.
So yeah, I'm very thankful to sender Soon for stepping
(02:05):
forward and trying to get back to the way things
are supposed to work here.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, but these what requires the sixty vote threshold, right, correct?
So that probably won't What are the chances of any
anything good being passed by this Senate?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I think we have a lot of good things in them,
you know. I view the appropriations process as an opportunity
for me to work with taxing entities in the state
of Nebraska. I work with the state and cities and
counties and and ar D districts, tribe so we can
look at projects that they have, big projects that they
(02:50):
need funding for, and this gives us the opportunity to
bring some taxpayer dollars back to the state for those
critical infrastructure project whether it's a runway at the Blair
Airport or at the Nebraska City Airport, or where we're
(03:10):
looking at funding for water projects for the Santee Sioux tribe.
They haven't had drinking water or bathing water for years now.
It's a huge expense to do these things, so to
bring that money back is helpful, whether it's for the
(03:31):
Omaha Airport or off at air base.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So these aren't necessary The appropriations measures aren't necessarily partisan measures.
These are things that you work with both sides on
in committee and then they get passed out to the floor. Right,
that's how it works, Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, I mean it's projects not just within your state.
That's really a small part of it, the process. But
it's how you fund government, okay, And to fund the
different agencies. You know, we've worked for years to try
and prioritize national defense. That is our number one responsibility.
(04:10):
You hear me say that all the time, but it's
always tied the Democrats always tie it to the social programs. Well,
last year, even though we were in the minority, we
finally broke that parody that they would always insist upon,
and we've done it again this year. In my opinion,
(04:32):
you know, we fund things at appropriate levels and to
be able to have it have government run smoothly.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
The Democrats have dug their heels in outrageously on the
President's nominees to the point where where Senator Thune is
threatening to cancel the August recess and keep you all
there to get these these confirmation votes done. What do
you think will happen.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Again? You know, we've confirmed more of President Trump's nominees
than any other time and history, because foon Is worked
it out. We just we just get in the trenches
and if the Democrats there being an obstructionist on this,
we just grind him down. We just grind him down.
(05:23):
If they want to spend all these hours just sitting around,
we're going to just make them sit around. But we're
going to grind him and we're going to take the vote.
So we have already confirmed a historically high amount. All
of us are willing to stay in August if necessary,
to continue to get those nominees of the President confirmed.
(05:48):
I know send to Thuney's working with the Democrats now
trying to figure out if they're going to be able
to work with him on getting a package of nominees
to get. And when I say we grind him down,
we really do. Because it's amazing nominees that have gone
(06:08):
by voicecoup before in these positions they make us, you know,
use all the time on them. It's just so frustrating.
But you know, we're committed to getting the president the
confirmations that he needs.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yes, and and of course this could be a carotenistic
thing for the Thune could be saying to the Democrats, hey,
you want me to make you stay here in August,
I will And they say, okay, we'll vote for him.
That could happen, that's happened before.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Yeah, they won't.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
They won't vote for him. They won't vote for him
at mass. A lot of them just vote know all
the time. But even even these nominees that come out
of Committee nineteen to four or something like that.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
They're they're not controversial, they're not no, no, it's it's
amazing the games that the Democrats are playing this time.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I would I would think Americans can see through it,
and you would think even their fringe of their base
would see through it too. They're they're not fighting. They
act like they're fighting, though they're they're wasting that valuable
time when we could be working for the American people.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Indeed, Senator thanks always great to have you. We appreciate
the time. That's thank you. Gay Nebraska US Senator Deb
Fisher here on kfab's Morning News
We welcome Nebraska US Senator Deb Fisher back to the program. Senator,
good morning. Are you there?
Speaker 2 (00:08):
I am, Oh, there you are.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Okay, yeah, operator error here in Omaha, my fault.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Okay, great, good to have you here.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
A few things to get to. After the Big Beautiful
Bill Act was done, we were told, actually we were
told before it passed, that there would be more coming.
And I understand there's a key GOP group starting to
work on a second, big beautiful bill. What do you
know about this, what's coming down the pike.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Well, I'm on the Appropriations Committee, and so we are
doing our work. Now. We've passed out of the Senate
Committee six of our subcommittee bills. We have six more
to go. And Sender soon promised from the very beginning
that when we would get our bills up, he would
put them on the floor. And so he's in the
(00:58):
process now of getting in two or three or four
of them together, so we can address those this week.
As you know, the last couple of years, we faced
Chuck Schumer and he would not and they were in
the majority, and he would not put any appropriation spills
up on the floor. So instead we ended up with
(01:21):
these big bloated omnibus bills or continuing resolutions which have
a lot of wasteful spending in them. So I'm just
looking forward to being able to be accountable to Nebraskans
and to the American people by having these committee bills
(01:42):
which we had hearings on and markups on public hearings,
have them on the floor so we can debate and
give people the opportunity to amend them and then vote.
I mean, that's how you hold us accountable by our vote.
So yeah, I'm very thankful to sender Soon for stepping
(02:05):
forward and trying to get back to the way things
are supposed to work here.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah, but these what requires the sixty vote threshold, right, correct?
So that probably won't What are the chances of any
anything good being passed by this Senate?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I think we have a lot of good things in them,
you know. I view the appropriations process as an opportunity
for me to work with taxing entities in the state
of Nebraska. I work with the state and cities and
counties and and ar D districts, tribe so we can
look at projects that they have, big projects that they
(02:50):
need funding for, and this gives us the opportunity to
bring some taxpayer dollars back to the state for those
critical infrastructure project whether it's a runway at the Blair
Airport or at the Nebraska City Airport, or where we're
(03:10):
looking at funding for water projects for the Santee Sioux tribe.
They haven't had drinking water or bathing water for years now.
It's a huge expense to do these things, so to
bring that money back is helpful, whether it's for the
(03:31):
Omaha Airport or off at air base.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So these aren't necessary The appropriations measures aren't necessarily partisan measures.
These are things that you work with both sides on
in committee and then they get passed out to the floor. Right,
that's how it works, Okay.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, I mean it's projects not just within your state.
That's really a small part of it, the process. But
it's how you fund government, okay, And to fund the
different agencies. You know, we've worked for years to try
and prioritize national defense. That is our number one responsibility.
(04:10):
You hear me say that all the time, but it's
always tied the Democrats always tie it to the social programs. Well,
last year, even though we were in the minority, we
finally broke that parody that they would always insist upon,
and we've done it again this year. In my opinion,
(04:32):
you know, we fund things at appropriate levels and to
be able to have it have government run smoothly.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
The Democrats have dug their heels in outrageously on the
President's nominees to the point where where Senator Thune is
threatening to cancel the August recess and keep you all
there to get these these confirmation votes done. What do
you think will happen.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Again? You know, we've confirmed more of President Trump's nominees
than any other time and history, because foon Is worked
it out. We just we just get in the trenches
and if the Democrats there being an obstructionist on this,
we just grind him down. We just grind him down.
(05:23):
If they want to spend all these hours just sitting around,
we're going to just make them sit around. But we're
going to grind him and we're going to take the vote.
So we have already confirmed a historically high amount. All
of us are willing to stay in August if necessary,
to continue to get those nominees of the President confirmed.
(05:48):
I know send to Thuney's working with the Democrats now
trying to figure out if they're going to be able
to work with him on getting a package of nominees
to get. And when I say we grind him down,
we really do. Because it's amazing nominees that have gone
(06:08):
by voicecoup before in these positions they make us, you know,
use all the time on them. It's just so frustrating.
But you know, we're committed to getting the president the
confirmations that he needs.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yes, and and of course this could be a carotenistic
thing for the Thune could be saying to the Democrats, hey,
you want me to make you stay here in August,
I will And they say, okay, we'll vote for him.
That could happen, that's happened before.
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Yeah, they won't.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
They won't vote for him. They won't vote for him
at mass. A lot of them just vote know all
the time. But even even these nominees that come out
of Committee nineteen to four or something like that.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
They're they're not controversial, they're not no, no, it's it's
amazing the games that the Democrats are playing this time.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I would I would think Americans can see through it,
and you would think even their fringe of their base
would see through it too. They're they're not fighting. They
act like they're fighting, though they're they're wasting that valuable
time when we could be working for the American people.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
Indeed, Senator thanks always great to have you. We appreciate
the time. That's thank you. Gay Nebraska US Senator Deb
Fisher here on kfab's Morning News
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