Their stated policy positions and commitments, with quotes and links to the original sources.
If reelected, Fischer says she will work to pass a strong farm bill that serves Nebraska’s interests and helps the state’s agricultural producers. She says the state does not currently have such a bill.
Context: The passage does not describe the bill’s provisions or identify specific beneficiaries beyond producers and the state.
Fischer says controlling federal spending is her answer to inflation. She opposes continuing to put more federal money into new programs or ideas, citing a $25,000 proposal for people seeking to buy a house as an example.
Context: The passage does not identify the $25,000 proposal in more detail or specify which other programs Fischer would cut or limit.
If reelected, Deb Fischer says she wants to make permanent the paid family sick leave bill she and Sen. Angus King support. She says it would let hourly workers take time off for needs such as visiting a child’s school or taking an elderly parent to a doctor, and is aimed at helping small businesses as well as workers.
Context: The passage does not give the bill’s leave amount, eligibility rules, or how the leave would be funded.
Deb Fischer urged the Senate to pass the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2027, which was awaiting Senate consideration. The bill includes $35.8 million for three Nebraska projects: $25 million to build a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency laboratory, $6.8 million to plan and design a Supply Storage Facility at Offutt Air Force Base, and $4 million to plan and design a parking ramp at Lincoln Air National Guard Base. Fischer said the investments would help the agencies and bases carry out their missions.
Context: The funding was included in a bill awaiting Senate consideration; the release does not establish that it was enacted.
Deb Fischer introduced the Stop EV Freeloading Act, which would charge a $1,000 fee on electric cars when sold and a $550 fee on batteries weighing more than 1,000 pounds when manufactured. The fees are intended to replace the gas-tax contributions that internal-combustion vehicles would make to the Highway Trust Fund and, Fischer said, prevent drivers who do not use EVs from bearing those costs.
Context: The source describes introduced legislation; it does not establish that the bill became law.
Deb Fischer cosponsored legislation that would treat any convention or agreement by the World Health Organization’s negotiating body on pandemic prevention or response as a treaty. Under the proposal, such an agreement would require the advice and consent of a supermajority of the Senate. Fischer said the measure is intended to prevent the WHO from unilaterally determining what the United States can do during a pandemic.
Context: The Senate bill was proposed legislation; the passage reports that the House passed its version, not that the bill became law.