{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-ricketts-announces-federal-issues-forum-at-state-fair-on-nebraska-tv/", "ICYMI:\u00a0Ricketts\u00a0Announces Federal Issues Forum at State Fair on Nebraska TV", "2024-08-02", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Pete Ricketts", "R000618", "www.ricketts.senate.gov", "ricketts", "https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/?jsf=jet-engine:press-list&pagenum=", "scraper", "August 2, 2024\n\nGRAND ISLAND, NE \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced he will be hosting his first-ever \u201cFederal Issues Forum\u201d at the Nebraska State Fair on August 26, 2024 from 10AM-1PM CT. The event will include three panel discussions on Nebraska\u2019s agriculture industry.\n\n\u201cServing Nebraskans will always be my first priority and it\u2019s important that we do everything we can to protect our number one industry in the state which is agriculture,\u201d Ricketts said in an interview with Nebraska TV\u2019s Steve White. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re doing this Federal Issues Forum at the Nebraska State Fair. I want to make sure that Washington knows what challenges agriculture is facing in states like Nebraska.\u201d\n\nWatch Ricketts\u2019 interview with Nebraska TV HERE.\n\nThe panels will be open to the public and include a moderated question and answer portion. Panels include:\n\n\u201cEnvironmental Overregulation: A Conversation on Government Overreach, Electric Vehicles & More\u201d hosted By Senator Pete Ricketts. Panelists will be Senator Shelley Moore-Capito (R-WV), the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, and Former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.\n\n\u201cFood Security Is National Security: A Panel On The Importance Of Trade To The U.S.\u201d hosted by Congressman Adrian Smith. Panelists will include Former USTR Chief Agriculture Negotiator Gregg Doud and Former United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture Ambassador Kip Tom\n\n\u201cNavigating The Process: A Panel On Agribusiness And The Federal Government\u201d hosted by Senator Pete Ricketts. Panelists include President-Elect of the National Cattlemen\u2019s Beef Association Buck Wehrbein, Sustainable Beef\u2019s Rusty Kemp, and KAPPA Ethanol\u2019s Chuck Woodside.\n\n*** Media interested in attending must RSVP to Ian_Swanson@ricketts.senate.gov to receive detailed media guidance at a later date. ***", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:32Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.ricketts.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-ricketts-announces-federal-issues-forum-at-state-fair-on-nebraska-tv/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5429290942847729, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}