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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Pleasure to welcome onto the program here Nebraska Senator Deb Fisher,
who joins us on this Friday morning. Senator, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Good morning Scott.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
How are you doing wonderful? Before we talk about more
substantive issues, let's get to the heart of this controversy
that popped up here. As Vice President Kamala Harris was
getting you all re sworn in for another term in
the United States Senate, she reaches out to shake your
husband Bruce's hand, who does not return the favor. Videos
(00:29):
share it all over the place saying this is a racist,
maga guy out of Nebraska. Can you tell us what
happened with this video because the entire vantage point was
not shown in this video.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, as you know, my husband uses a cane. He
is not racist. He is a good guy that Nebraskas know.
He held the Bible during my swearing in while he
was also leaning on his cane. Is really hard to
(01:02):
hear hateful things that are set about your spouse, and
you know, as a public figure, there's a lot of
eyes and horrible things that are set about us sometimes
and I expect that to happen, and I've always said
it's worse on our families when things like that are said,
and yeah, now I know what that feels like. So
(01:25):
I'm ignoring it. I'm not interested in the talk out
there about it. I'm focused on moving forward and doing
what i was elected to do. And as you know,
all these viral things on social media, they come, they go,
and and now the new news out there seems to
(01:46):
be from President Carter's funeral. Yesterday we saw the first lady,
Joe Biden and the vice president sat by each other,
and now and now everybody's saying they hate each other.
They didn't look at each other, they didn't talk. Again,
that's that's just I think people trying to stir things.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
At Yeah, I don't know your husband. Well, I've had
a chance to chat with him a few times. I've
enjoyed those conversations. I wouldn't know him to walk into
a room and start a tirade going on. I'll tell
you another thing about these Democrats. You know, that's that's
not him, and that's that's not right, right right. That
does one more thing on this though, because there was
so much shared online, what does he thought personally about
(02:33):
his name being dragged into all of this?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Bruce is a common sense, down to earth guy. And
you know he doesn't even follow social media, but of
course all his friends and neighbors are are contacting him
as well, and you know, we we just plan to
ignore it and move ahead. Okay, That's been our experience
(02:58):
in public lives. Things are said, they're going to be said.
People make stuff up, people blow things out of proportion.
The Vice President and I are friends. We work together
four years in the Senate. I was a teller this
week in the House when she provided over the counting
(03:20):
of the electoral votes. We were gracious to each other there.
I mean, we understand.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
What's going on talking here with Nebraska Senator Deb Fisher,
who now also has the title of Deputy Whip in
the United States Senate. So you're even more important than
you used to be. What will you be doing on
inauguration Day a week from Monday?
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Oh gosh, yeah, and not ration day. My job there
doesn't really have anything to do with being on the
whip team again. But I'm on the committee that plans
the inaugural and Senator klobetern I as chair and a
ranking member of last Sessions Rules Committee, we basically are
(04:06):
in charge of it. So it's been just such a
wonderful experience to be able to plan that very very
important event for our democracy where we show that peaceful
transfer of power. I get to do some really wonderful
(04:27):
things and highlight the state of Nebraska. For example, I
got to choose the music group that's going to be
performing there, and so we're going to have the unl
singers come. There's going to be about hundred of them
up there right above the platform in front of the Capitol.
(04:47):
I mean, how cool is that to highlight our university,
our state, these wonderful students in that way. I get
to have a speaking role at the se ceremony. I
get to introduce the president. Bruce has a role too.
We'll be going to the White House in the morning
(05:09):
and then back to the capital for the ceremony for
a lunch afterwards. I mean, it's just going to be
a wonderful experience, and I hope to share it all
with Nebraskas, you know, through photos and through a news
column afterwards, because this is just really a neat thing
(05:31):
for the state in Nebraska to be highlighted.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Let's talk about legislation dev if we can for a second,
because you're a rancher. You guys are stewards of the land.
And obviously wildfires happened in Nebraska from time to time,
but you guys are very cognizant of how to prepare
the land to withstand fires, something that's not happening in California.
What can you say, as part of legislation that's currently
being crafted to provide disaster relief for these people, what
(05:56):
can you say about strings attached to any federal money
the go to states that are not practicing wise land management.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Well, I begin by saying it's not necessarily the states
that aren't practicing it. In many case it is, but
the federal government, especially in the western part of this country,
own millions millions of acres of public land, and under
Democrat administrations and many times Republican administrations as well, the
(06:31):
philosophy seems to be we need to fence it out
to preserve and protect it. That is not healthy. That
is not healthy for the land. You have to be
able to manage land property properly and have multi use
and what we're seeing in California is something that I've
(06:53):
warned about for years as a rancher. You know, we
understand the proper management of land. Many of my colleagues
do as well, that you have to go in there,
clear out undergrowth, clear out that fuel. I know that
in Nebraska we've had state foresters who have visited with
(07:15):
homeowners saying, you have to get this dead undergrowth and
when trees, you know you have a lot of young
trees that will sprout up and things. You have to
be able to manage that clear get that fuel away
from your house. It's the same in any force situation.
So I hope, I hope this has been a hard lesson,
(07:38):
but I hope it's going to wake a number of
people up to realize that you don't just preserve and protect.
You have to be able to get in to manage
land to make sure that you have a healthy ecosystem.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
I appreciate those thoughts, as well as your co sponsorship
this week of the Lake and Riley Act to detain
criminal illegal immigrants. We'll have to talk about that another day.
We've got to run now, but Senator dev Fisher, thank
you very much for all the time this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
You bet good. The visit
Pleasure to welcome onto the program here Nebraska Senator Deb Fisher,
who joins us on this Friday morning. Senator, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Good morning Scott.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
How are you doing wonderful? Before we talk about more
substantive issues, let's get to the heart of this controversy
that popped up here. As Vice President Kamala Harris was
getting you all re sworn in for another term in
the United States Senate, she reaches out to shake your
husband Bruce's hand, who does not return the favor. Videos
(00:29):
share it all over the place saying this is a racist,
maga guy out of Nebraska. Can you tell us what
happened with this video because the entire vantage point was
not shown in this video.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Well, as you know, my husband uses a cane. He
is not racist. He is a good guy that Nebraskas know.
He held the Bible during my swearing in while he
was also leaning on his cane. Is really hard to
(01:02):
hear hateful things that are set about your spouse, and
you know, as a public figure, there's a lot of
eyes and horrible things that are set about us sometimes
and I expect that to happen, and I've always said
it's worse on our families when things like that are said,
and yeah, now I know what that feels like. So
(01:25):
I'm ignoring it. I'm not interested in the talk out
there about it. I'm focused on moving forward and doing
what i was elected to do. And as you know,
all these viral things on social media, they come, they go,
and and now the new news out there seems to
(01:46):
be from President Carter's funeral. Yesterday we saw the first lady,
Joe Biden and the vice president sat by each other,
and now and now everybody's saying they hate each other.
They didn't look at each other, they didn't talk. Again,
that's that's just I think people trying to stir things.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
At Yeah, I don't know your husband. Well, I've had
a chance to chat with him a few times. I've
enjoyed those conversations. I wouldn't know him to walk into
a room and start a tirade going on. I'll tell
you another thing about these Democrats. You know, that's that's
not him, and that's that's not right, right right. That
does one more thing on this though, because there was
so much shared online, what does he thought personally about
(02:33):
his name being dragged into all of this?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Bruce is a common sense, down to earth guy. And
you know he doesn't even follow social media, but of
course all his friends and neighbors are are contacting him
as well, and you know, we we just plan to
ignore it and move ahead. Okay, That's been our experience
(02:58):
in public lives. Things are said, they're going to be said.
People make stuff up, people blow things out of proportion.
The Vice President and I are friends. We work together
four years in the Senate. I was a teller this
week in the House when she provided over the counting
(03:20):
of the electoral votes. We were gracious to each other there.
I mean, we understand.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
What's going on talking here with Nebraska Senator Deb Fisher,
who now also has the title of Deputy Whip in
the United States Senate. So you're even more important than
you used to be. What will you be doing on
inauguration Day a week from Monday?
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Oh gosh, yeah, and not ration day. My job there
doesn't really have anything to do with being on the
whip team again. But I'm on the committee that plans
the inaugural and Senator klobetern I as chair and a
ranking member of last Sessions Rules Committee, we basically are
(04:06):
in charge of it. So it's been just such a
wonderful experience to be able to plan that very very
important event for our democracy where we show that peaceful
transfer of power. I get to do some really wonderful
(04:27):
things and highlight the state of Nebraska. For example, I
got to choose the music group that's going to be
performing there, and so we're going to have the unl
singers come. There's going to be about hundred of them
up there right above the platform in front of the Capitol.
(04:47):
I mean, how cool is that to highlight our university,
our state, these wonderful students in that way. I get
to have a speaking role at the se ceremony. I
get to introduce the president. Bruce has a role too.
We'll be going to the White House in the morning
(05:09):
and then back to the capital for the ceremony for
a lunch afterwards. I mean, it's just going to be
a wonderful experience, and I hope to share it all
with Nebraskas, you know, through photos and through a news
column afterwards, because this is just really a neat thing
(05:31):
for the state in Nebraska to be highlighted.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Let's talk about legislation dev if we can for a second,
because you're a rancher. You guys are stewards of the land.
And obviously wildfires happened in Nebraska from time to time,
but you guys are very cognizant of how to prepare
the land to withstand fires, something that's not happening in California.
What can you say, as part of legislation that's currently
being crafted to provide disaster relief for these people, what
(05:56):
can you say about strings attached to any federal money
the go to states that are not practicing wise land management.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Well, I begin by saying it's not necessarily the states
that aren't practicing it. In many case it is, but
the federal government, especially in the western part of this country,
own millions millions of acres of public land, and under
Democrat administrations and many times Republican administrations as well, the
(06:31):
philosophy seems to be we need to fence it out
to preserve and protect it. That is not healthy. That
is not healthy for the land. You have to be
able to manage land property properly and have multi use
and what we're seeing in California is something that I've
(06:53):
warned about for years as a rancher. You know, we
understand the proper management of land. Many of my colleagues
do as well, that you have to go in there,
clear out undergrowth, clear out that fuel. I know that
in Nebraska we've had state foresters who have visited with
(07:15):
homeowners saying, you have to get this dead undergrowth and
when trees, you know you have a lot of young
trees that will sprout up and things. You have to
be able to manage that clear get that fuel away
from your house. It's the same in any force situation.
So I hope, I hope this has been a hard lesson,
(07:38):
but I hope it's going to wake a number of
people up to realize that you don't just preserve and protect.
You have to be able to get in to manage
land to make sure that you have a healthy ecosystem.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
I appreciate those thoughts, as well as your co sponsorship
this week of the Lake and Riley Act to detain
criminal illegal immigrants. We'll have to talk about that another day.
We've got to run now, but Senator dev Fisher, thank
you very much for all the time this morning.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
You bet good. The visit
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