Mark Cohen

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I served as an Air Force Judge Advocate, sworn to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law. That experience reinforced that the rules must apply equally to everyone, regardless of rank. And regardless of wealth. Elections must be free and fair. Government must answer to the people — not to the highest bidder.

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We can’t switch off fossil fuels tomorrow. Fossil fuels are a necessary bridge while we work toward cleaner energy — energy sources that don't poison our soils, pollute our waters, or cause cancer. But a bridge must lead somewhere. We need leaders who will invest in that transition honestly rather than pretending there's no river to cross.

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The-two party system has failed us. Both parties pander to the extremes to raise money. Most voters are unhappy with the system. Some voted for Donald Trump even though they dislike him because they wanted to shake up “the system” or they didn’t trust Democrats to fix it. We must fix the system and stop fighting each other.

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Free Markets Require Vigorous Competition. We Must Strengthen and Enforce Antitrust Laws

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Water rights are primarily a state matter, and Nebraska has worked hard through its Natural Resources Districts to manage groundwater. I respect that. The federal government should not trample on state water management systems that are working. But the federal government has an important role to play. Interstate water compacts –agreements between states sharing the same water resources — often require federal involvement to negotiate, fund, and enforce. The Republican River Compact between Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado is one example. These agreements are complex, contentious, and essential. Nebraska needs a representative in Congress who understands them and will fight for Nebraska's interests.

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Our representatives should speak out against these threats, not silently cower in a corner. We elected them to serve us, not a party or a president. They swore to uphold the Constitution – not pretend the emperor has no clothes.

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To address affordability we must strengthen and enforce our antitrust law to ensure competition that keeps prices down.

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The two-party system forces voters onto a left-right spectrum, but real life is not two-dimensional, and that’s not how voters – especially younger voters – think. Both parties use simplistic labels to divide us and raise money from the extremes. You’re either “pro-choice” or “pro-life.” You’re either “conservative” or “liberal.” The media rewards this ridiculous black and white thinking because controversy gets ratings. We must stop using language that encourages tribalism.

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The most cost-effective way to extend the life of the Ogallala Aquifer is more efficient water use. Modern irrigation technology – drip irrigation, soil moisture sensors, precision application systems – can dramatically reduce water use per acre without reducing yields. Many Nebraska farmers have already adopted these technologies. Federal cost-share programs through the Natural Resources Conservation Service help others do the same. These programs work. They are good investments. And they are among the programs that get cut when politicians decide to balance the budget by slashing conservation funding while protecting tax breaks for corporations. I will fight to protect and expand conservation funding that helps Nebraska farmers use water more efficiently.

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The Robinson-Patman prohibits sellers from charging different prices to competing buyers for commodities of like grade and quality where the effect may substantially lessen competition, and prohibits discriminatory promotional allowances and brokerage payments. Strict enforcement would help independent groceries and pharmacies, and improve competition in rural areas. But the statute only tangible goods. I would expand it.

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The SAVE Act is a solution in search of a problem. Every state already requires voters to certify their citizenship. Voting fraud is extremely rare — the evidence doesn’t justify this law. What it will do is disenfranchise women who changed their names after marriage and other citizens with documentation gaps. It’s a blatant attempt by Christian nationalists to disenfranchise women (who often change their name) and to disenfranchise others who are not wealthy, don’t travel, and therefore don’t have passports. I oppose it.

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Rural Nebraska has already seen at least one hospital and several clinics close. The most recent budget bill (the Big Bag of gifts to Billionaires) harms rural healthcare, rural weather forecasts, and rural radio. In most rural areas the second largest employer (after agriculture) is the healthcare sector. And the third largest is often the school system. When our leaders cut funding for rural healthcare and other services, people leave the small towns and move to places where better healthcare and services are more readily available. When people move away from small towns, property values decrease and funding for schools drops. More people move away. I will work to preserve rural American and small town life. We can’t do that by cutting rural services and giving tax breaks to billionaires.

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Protect and increase federal funding for Ogallala Aquifer research, monitoring, and conservation programs.

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I will fight to preserve and expand rural mental health funding. I will oppose any budget that cuts mental health services for rural communities while handing tax breaks to billionaires.

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Fight for Nebraska's interests in interstate water compact negotiations and enforcement.

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I am open to uncapping the House. More representatives means smaller districts, members who know their constituents, lower campaign costs, and less power for outside money. It makes gerrymandering harder, increases diversity in the legislature, and could bring the Electoral College closer in line with the popular will. That’s a conversation worth having.

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I support right to repair legislation that requires agricultural equipment manufacturers to provide owners and independent repair shops with the necessary parts, software, tools, and documentation to diagnose, maintain, and repair equipment. This allows farmers to fix their own machinery or choose independent mechanics rather than being forced to rely exclusively on authorized dealers. While some claim such legislation would interfere with free markets, there is no "free market" when there is little competition among manufacturers and when equipment owners lack bargaining power. That's why the Republican party worked for antitrust laws more than one hundred years ago.

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A handful of conglomerates now control most of what Americans read, watch, and hear. They are driving independent local papers — essential in rural communities like ours — out of business. The major networks look nearly identical: they profit from outrage and division, take corporate money for granted, and often repeat what the government tells them. We must enforce our antitrust laws and break up these concentrations of media power. Independent journalism matters, and we must support it.

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I practiced law in Omaha during the farm crisis of the late 1980’s. I saw emotional pain farmers suffered when forced to file bankruptcy. Later, I earned an advanced degree in agricultural law. I know how laws impact farmers, ranchers, and agricultural industries. There has not been a new farm bill since 2018. I will work to fix that. We are headed for another farm crisis, and rural Nebraskans need a representative who works for them — not for a political party or a party boss.

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Work to fund the USDA and the DOJ Antitrust Division, and to make them enforce the law

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Fight to mandate standardized packer contracts and USDA transparency reporting

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Work to restore Biden-era rules on competition in the meatpacking industry

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Fight to preserve and expand rural mental health funding and oppose cuts to rural health services

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Support right to repair legislation so farmers can fix their own equipment

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The censorship problem goes beyond consolidation. Search engines and social media platforms use algorithms to show us what they want us to see. And when our own government pressures the press or spreads disinformation, that’s not politics — that’s authoritarianism. Congress must hold the executive branch accountable. A politician who calls every critical story “fake news” is being cowardly, and it’s practically a confession that the story is true. Americans know that “alternative facts” are lies.

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We must stop letting the billionaires and the politicians they control manipulate us with simplistic labels and black and white thinking

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We engage in the same sloppy logic when we use “liberal” and “conservative.” A person can be “liberal” on some issues and “conservative” on others. Moreover, the meanings of those labels change over time. And using a single word to judge a person is simplistic. The man you judge because you label him a “conservative” may also be a father, a business owner, and a volunteer. The woman you judge because you label her a “liberal” may be a mother, a systems analysist, and an avid hunter. We must stop confusing the label with the person.

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Those touting the unregulated free market forget that free market theory assumes vigorous competition. That’s the reason Republicans worked for antitrust laws more than one hundred years ago. We must strengthen and enforce our antitrust laws to be sure large agricultural corporations lack the market power to coerce or manipulate our farmers and ranchers. Your representative should work for you, not for Big Ag.

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The Sherman Act prohibits agreements in restraint of trade — price fixing, bid rigging, market allocation (§1) — and monopolization or attempted monopolization (§2). Aggressive enforcement against coordinated bidding in cash cattle markets would raise the price ranchers receive without raising retail beef prices, since the spread is where the money sits. I would change §2 so that when a buyer or seller holds market share above a set threshold in an agricultural market, the burden of proof shifts to the dominant firm to justify its conduct.

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Work for a new farm bill (there has not been a new one since 2018)

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Federal rural water programs help small communities develop and maintain reliable water supplies. Like rural housing programs, they are often underfunded and bureaucratically complex. We need to make them work better, not cut them.

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Support federal cost-share programs that help farmers adopt water-efficient irrigation technology.

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Oppose cuts to the Bureau of Reclamation, NRCS, and USGS that provide the research and technical assistance rural Nebraska depends on.

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Support rural water infrastructure programs that help small communities maintain reliable water supplies.

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I earned an advanced degree in agricultural law (LL.M.) and spent years working with farmers and ranchers. I understand that water is not just a resource – it is the foundation of rural Nebraska's way of life. Every acre of corn, every head of cattle, every family farm in this district depends on it. I will treat it with the seriousness it deserves.

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We must go back to a tax structure more like that. We must have an honest conversation about who is actually paying for the services we depend on — and who is getting a free ride. When the billionaires don't pay their fair share, the rest of us make up the difference through higher property taxes, reduced services, and debt passed to our children.

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I believe in regulated capitalism. Free market theory assumes competition — no single buyer or seller has enough power to control prices. That may have been true in 1776. It has not been true since the rise of the railroads and the oil companies, which is why Republicans worked for antitrust laws more than a hundred years ago. We must strengthen and enforce those laws. When four companies control most of the beef processing in this country, there is no free market for Nebraska ranchers. There is a take-it-or-leave-it market. That's not freedom — that's coercion with a business license.

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We must stop measuring prosperity by how well the stock market is doing and start measuring it by how well people in greater Nebraska are doing.

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We should return to a tax structure more like the one that had bipartisan support under President Eisenhower. America functioned well, grew rapidly, and reduced its post-World War II debt under a tax structure that asked the most of those with the most. The idea that you cannot ask wealthy people and corporations to pay more without destroying the economy is a scare tactic and is not supported by history.

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The United States spends more on defense than the next ten countries combined. I support a strong military — our economic stability and security depend on it. But I also believe Congress has a responsibility to ensure that money is actually spent on defense, not funneled to private contractors through systems designed to avoid congressional oversight and public accountability.

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The Pentagon has failed its audit five years running. That means we genuinely do not know where trillions of dollars went. Any family that managed its finances the way the Pentagon manages its budget would be broke. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority over the purse and demand real accountability.

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Oppose tax cuts that add to the deficit without corresponding spending reductions or revenue increases elsewhere.

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Support raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and on corporations that use offshore strategies to avoid their fair share.

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Oppose cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid as a budget-balancing tool.

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Support full Pentagon financial audits and real accountability for defense contractors.

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Support a budget process that is honest about tradeoffs rather than one that hides them behind accounting gimmicks and deadline extensions.

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There is no painless way to address the national debt. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying to you or has not thought it through. The question is not whether we will eventually have to make hard choices — we will. The question is whether those choices will fall on the people who caused the problem or on the people who can least afford to bear them. I know where I stand on that question.

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Not all trade agreements are good for agriculture. Negotiators sometimes trade away agricultural market access to benefit other industries. As your representative, I will scrutinize every trade agreement specifically for its impact on Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers. I will oppose any trade deal that sacrifices agricultural market access to benefit industries that have more lobbyists in Washington.

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Oppose unilateral tariffs that harm Nebraska's agricultural export markets without achieving concrete, measurable results.

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Support expanding free and fair trade agreements that open markets for Nebraska corn, soybeans, beef, pork, and other commodities.

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Work with allies to address China's unfair trade practices through coordinated multilateral pressure rather than unilateral tariff wars that backfire on American farmers.

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Fight for stable, predictable trade policy so Nebraska farmers can plan for the future without worrying that a presidential tweet will close their markets overnight.

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I Support Some Form of Healthcare For All Americans. I had publicly funded medicine in the Air Force, and it worked just fine. (In fact, the Air Force could discipline airmen who failed to seek appropriate care because one unhealthy airman endangers the health of other airmen and endangers the mission). America is the richest nation in the history of planet Earth, but millions of our fellow citizens are dying from treatable illnesses and rationing insulin. How can a nation call itself “great” if a citizen must create a GoFundMe campaign for chemotherapy? We can afford to care for all Americans, but our leaders must decide it's more important to take care of American citizens than to cut taxes for billionaires. It's the right thing to do. If every American had access to healthcare, we might start to feel like we're all in it together – like we care about each other and we really are one nation.

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Facility Fees. The Hidden Tax on Rural Healthcare. You go to what looks like a doctor's office, see a doctor, and then get two bills. The second one — sometimes hundreds of dollars — comes from the hospital that owns the building. They call it a facility fee, and nobody told you about the fee or that insurance doesn't cover it. Hospitals have charged facility fees for decades, but the problem is growing as hospitals buy up clinics and physician practices across rural Nebraska. When a hospital acquires a doctor's office and reclassifies it as an outpatient department, patients pay hospital-level fees for the same visit they've always had in the same building. These fees impact everyone. Congress has sat on its hands while other states have passed laws to protect patients. Nebraska has done nothing. Meanwhile, the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts Congress approved in 2025 to fund tax cuts for the wealthy are pushing financially stressed rural hospitals to lean even harder on facility fees. As your representative, I will push for federal laws that require upfront disclosure of facility fees, ban facility fees at off-campus clinics that function like ordinary doctor's offices, and protect Medicare and Medicaid patients from bills they never saw coming. You deserve to know what your care will cost before you receive it.

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Stop One Size Fits All Requirements. Federal requirements say healthcare facilities don’t get paid unless they enter the proper codes, but complying with such requirements is much more difficult for rural hospitals and clinics, which can’t afford the software and expertise. A hospital in Oshkosh, Nebraska should not be subject to the same requirements as one in Chicago.

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Women in Nebraska earn roughly 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for the same work. That's not a "women's issue" - that's a math problem and an economic problem. When women are underpaid, families are underpaid. When families are underpaid, rural communities suffer. I will support legislation that closes the pay gap, strengthens enforcement of equal pay laws, and requires transparency in compensation so that workers know if they're being shortchanged.

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Rural Nebraska depends on women. They run farms, staff our hospitals and clinics, teach our children, and operate small businesses. When we cut rural healthcare, we eliminate jobs that are disproportionately held by women. When we cut the Department of Education, we cut funding for schools where women make up the majority of teachers. The politicians telling you they support women are often the same ones voting to eliminate the programs women rely on. I will call that out.

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America is one of the few advanced nations on Earth that does not guarantee paid family leave. That is an embarrassment. A mother who just gave birth — or the father, for that matter — should not have to choose between caring for a newborn and keeping a job. A woman caring for an ailing parent should not face financial ruin for doing the right thing. This is not a "liberal" position. It's a common-sense position. Paid family leave stabilizes families, reduces employee turnover, and strengthens rural communities. I support it.

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Affordable childcare is an economic issue, not a gender issue — though women bear a disproportionate share of its burden. In rural Nebraska, affordable childcare options are scarce. When a mother can't find or afford childcare, she often can't work. When she can't work, her family loses income and the rural economy loses a productive member of the workforce. We must invest in childcare infrastructure in rural communities the same way we invest in roads and bridges. One without the other leaves us stranded.

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I prosecuted domestic violence cases for seven years. Rural Nebraska has a domestic violence problem that doesn't get enough attention. Geographic isolation, limited law enforcement resources, and a culture of silence make it harder for rural women to get help. The nearest shelter may be hours away. The nearest victim advocate may be stretched thin across a dozen counties. Federal programs that fund rural domestic violence services, legal aid, and survivor support must be funded and protected — not cut to give tax breaks to billionaires. I will fight for those programs.

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I served in the Air Force, and I am proud of the women I served alongside. I have said it before and I will say it again: in my experience, military leaders don't care about a servicemember's gender — they want the best person for the job. This administration's attempts to relegate women to inferior roles in the military is an insult to every woman who has served and sacrificed for this country. I oppose it.

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Women in Nebraska's Third District are not a special interest group. They are half the population, half the workforce, and — if you'll pardon the expression — the people who raised the other half. I will represent them.

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We must also make it easier for rural communities to rehabilitate existing housing stock. In many of our small towns, there are vacant houses that could be brought back to life with the right financing and the right incentives. A targeted federal rehabilitation program — simple, fast, and designed for rural communities — would cost far less than building new and could revitalize blocks of housing that would otherwise disappear.

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Some rural employers — hospitals, school districts, and large agricultural operations — have started building or financing housing for their workers because they have no other choice. The federal government should encourage and support this approach through tax incentives for employers who invest in workforce housing in rural communities.

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I will push to streamline federal housing programs for rural applicants — not to eliminate oversight, but to make sure the rules fit the circumstances. A community of 800 people applying for a housing rehabilitation grant should not have to navigate the same bureaucratic process as a city of 800,000.

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Fight to increase funding for USDA Rural Development housing programs and streamline their application processes for small communities.

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Support a rural set-aside within the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program with simplified requirements for small markets.

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Support tax incentives for employers who build or finance workforce housing in rural communities.

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Work to reduce bureaucratic barriers that make federal housing programs impractical for small rural communities.

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AI also threatens jobs. We must strengthen unions, protect collective bargaining rights, and ensure that every Nebraskan has access to fair wages, safe working conditions, and a secure retirement. A strong labor movement doesn’t just benefit union members — it raises the standard of living for all working families. When labor succeeds, our communities thrive. The big corporations and those who control them are trying to undermine and narrow laws that protect workers’ rights and that ensure public safety. We can’t let them succeed.

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Oppose one-person train crews; require minimum two-person freight train crews

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Support stricter railroad safety regulations

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Support more robust paid sick leave for railroad workers

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Let me be direct: I will not vote for any bill that cuts Social Security or Medicare benefits. Not to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Not for any reason.

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Raising or eliminating that cap – so that the wealthy pay the same percentage on all their income that working Nebraskans pay – would fund Social Security well into the future without cutting benefits. And would benefit most people earning more than the current cap amount because they stand to lose more from benefit cuts than from higher taxes. Only the most wealthy would be worse off, but they are the ones with the most political influence, another reason we must get big money out of politics. It is not complicated. The only thing standing in the way is the political power of the people who benefit from the current system.

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The Inflation Reduction Act took a small step in the right direction by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices on a limited number of drugs. I support expanding that authority significantly. If the VA can negotiate drug prices, Medicare can too. The only people who benefit from the current system are the pharmaceutical companies and the politicians they fund.

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Support lifting the payroll tax cap so the wealthy pay the same percentage as working Nebraskans, funding Social Security without benefit cuts.

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Oppose any effort to privatize Medicare or convert it to a voucher system.

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Support expanding Medicare's authority to negotiate prescription drug prices.

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Fight to protect rural hospital Medicare reimbursement rates, which are a lifeline for rural communities.

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Ronald Reagan would roll over in his grave if he knew how America is appeasing Russia. We have gone from, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall,” to “Vlad, would you like me to fluff your pillow before you attack Ukraine?” How many times must we learn that unchecked aggression encourages more aggression? We should do all we can to help Ukraine and protect our allies. Our economic system depends on trade with our allies and a stable international climate. Instead of appeasing those who threaten us and our allies, we must let them know in no uncertain terms that America can strike hard and fast if necessary. And not just with traditional military force, but in other ways.

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While this administration attempts to look tough by sending National Guard units to Portland and ordering our warships to blow tiny boats out of the water based on questionable evidence, America should be preparing for potential Russian EMP or cyberattacks. Our power grid is outdated and highly susceptible to cyberattacks, EMPs, and physical threats, which could have disastrous consequences. However, for reasons unknown, this administration suspended offensive cyber operations against Russia, raising concerns about vulnerability to cyber threats from Moscow.

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Every person that played baseball or softball as a child has been told, “Keep your eye on the ball.” Congress must do more to ensure America is focused on real threats, not pretend enemies.

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America spends a lot on defense, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we spent too much. I’m concerned about reports that the Pentagon can’t account for trillions of dollars, but American military power is what has helped maintain economic stability since the end of World War II. It’s why we benefit from open shipping lanes and uninterrupted supply lines. The real issue is that we do not require the corporations and billionaires that benefit from this stability to help pay for it. We must drastically revise our corporate tax structure so that those who benefit most from our military help pay for the security it provides.

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As for the missing trillions, it’s beyond doubt that much of that money went to projects being illegally hidden from Congress and was funneled to private contractors to avoid the Freedom of Information Act and congressional oversight. That must stop. Congress must assert its lawful authority.

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Congress has both the authority and the duty to rein in executive branch misuse of the military. I will use that authority. The men and women who serve deserve a Congress that takes that responsibility seriously.

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But in yet another attempt to distract us from things that matter, this administration insults the very values our military exists to protect by attacking diversity in the military, by attempting to erase history, by controlling what our servicemembers can read and do, by turning a blind eye to racism, by attempting to relegate women to inferior roles, and by providing military honor guards to people who never served for political reasons. I will work to stop that so our military represents and protects all Americans.

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Fight to make the United States stand up to Russia and punish Russia and other foreign actors for interfering in our elections.

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Work to restore the damage the current administration as done to NATO.

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Work to keep our alliances in the Pacific and in Asia strong, and to deter Chinese military and economic aggression.

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The VA Community Care Program, which allows veterans to see local providers when VA care is not reasonably accessible, is a step in the right direction. But reimbursement rates are sometimes too low to attract rural providers, and the administrative burden on both veterans and providers can be excessive. We need to make this program work better for rural Nebraska, not weaker.

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Rural veterans face a particular disadvantage when it comes to mental health care. There are fewer providers, greater distances to travel, and in many rural communities a cultural reluctance to seek help. Seeking mental health care can still carry a stigma in communities where stoicism is a virtue. We need to meet veterans where they are — including through telehealth, peer support programs, and community-based outreach — rather than expecting them to navigate a system designed for a different world.

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The PACT Act, signed in 2022, expanded VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances including burn pits. It was a long-overdue step. But passing the law is only the first step. The VA must have adequate funding and staffing to deliver those benefits, and we must hold it accountable when it fails to do so.

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Veteran homelessness also remains a serious problem, particularly for Vietnam-era veterans who are now aging and face health challenges that strain their finances. The federal government has made real progress on veteran homelessness in recent years. We should not reverse that progress.

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Veterans who want to start businesses or pursue education after service should find a federal government that helps them do so efficiently — not one that buries them in red tape. The GI Bill is one of the most successful programs in American history. We should honor that legacy by making sure today's veterans receive the same strong support that helped build the postwar middle class.

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Fight to fully fund the VA and hold it accountable for delivering care to veterans in rural areas.

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Strengthen the VA Community Care Program so rural veterans can access quality care near their homes.

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Expand telehealth and mental health services specifically for rural veterans.

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Oppose any cuts to SNAP, housing assistance, or other programs that veterans depend on.

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Support full implementation of the PACT Act with adequate VA funding and staffing.

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Work to reinstate the ability of the VA to provide abortion counseling and care. The current administration, as parts of its culture war, directed the VA to stop providing such services in even in cases of rape or incest.

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To address this, Congress should offer federal student-loan forgiveness for teachers who commit to five years in rural districts, and establish a pay floor so starting teachers in NE-03 aren’t driven out of the profession by better-paying jobs across the state line.

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In rural Nebraska, federal education policy sometimes feels disconnected from the unique challenges of small-town life. Federal funding should include funding for vocational training, agricultural education, and community engagement so we meet the needs of all rural students. We must also work to improve broadband access to ensure all students have reliable internet access.

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I believe we should use public funds only for public education. If people want their children to attend private schools, that’s their choice if they can afford it, but I don’t want my tax dollars to pay for it.

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Nebraska voters rejected school vouchers at the ballot box in 2024 for good reason. Charter schools and voucher programs pull money out of public schools — the schools most rural Nebraska kids attend. Private schools don’t have to accept every student, don’t have to provide special education or transportation, and don’t answer to local voters. In a state where many districts are already running on thin margins, diverting public dollars to private schools means larger class sizes, fewer programs, and more pressure on property taxes. I oppose federal voucher schemes and any federal incentive that rewards states for privatizing K-12 education. I would not vote to use federal money to fund madrasas or any other form of religious school.

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Congress singled out students by making student loans non-dischargeable in bankruptcy. A person who qualifies can discharge medical debt or credit card debt in bankruptcy, but not a student loan. I would reform the bankruptcy code to treat student loans just like any other debt.

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We must work for sensible immigration reform that recognizes that immigrants are critical to Nebraska’s agricultural and other industries. Immigrants are not our enemy.

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Oppose detention of suspected illegal immigrants without Due Process

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Support federal legislation codifying the right to record law enforcement if it does not unreasonably interfere

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Fight to make it illegal for officers to hide faces/badge numbers except in narrow circumstances or with a court order

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I oppose periodic mental health checks for owners of AR-15’s and similar so-called “assault style” rifles.

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Abortion is one procedure that falls under the broader topic of family planning birth control. I support families, not governments.

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I won’t answer questions that use simplistic terms such as “pro-life” or “pro-choice” because such language attempts to dumb us down by presenting only two alternatives. If you want to know my views on an issue, ask me. But don’t ask a question that assumes all Americans fall into one of two camps. We must change the way we think before we can intelligently discuss any issue.

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Healthcare is a deeply personal matter, and it is an area where government should stay away from except when necessary to protect the health of our nation. Some states have outlawed medical procedures or drugs which treat conditions such as endometriosis and miscarriage, only because the treatment could be used for abortions. Without such treatments, women’s health and future pregnancies can be compromised.

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It’s time for men to stand up and to speak out and to protect their wives, sisters, and mothers from ill-conceived laws that can cause injuries or death. We must resolve that The Handmaid’s Tale does not happen on our watch.

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I oppose all those positions. Women in Nebraska deserve a representative who trusts them to make their own decisions.

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I believe girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. Local and state governments should have the authority to address this in women's sports, and I will support their right to do so in Congress.

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I'll be honest — I'm far more concerned about whether America is prepared for a Russian electromagnetic pulse attack on our power grid than I am about who uses which restroom. The solution is simple: build single-occupancy bathrooms in public buildings. Problem solved. We could put one in every public school in America for about $1.4 billion — less than what Congress routinely adds to a single defense bill without blinking. That’s a fraction of the $40 billion this administration arranged to provide to Argentinian ranchers. Let's stop using this issue to frighten people and focus on the real problems facing people in greater Nebraska.

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As a former prosecutor, I believe protecting children is more important than protecting politicians. We should prosecute child predators regardless of their party affiliation.

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It concerns Nebraskans when politicians who claim to believe in our Constitution simultaneously demonize judges and ignore court orders. It concerns Nebraskans when leaders pick and choose which constitutional provisions they support and which ones they want to pretend don’t exist. I support ALL the amendments, not just the ones a political party tells me to support.

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I’ve served as a military prosecutor, a federal prosecutor, and a local prosecutor, and I’m tired of politicians making unsupported attacks on career prosecutors – men and women who have devoted their lives to justice. Politicians who make baseless claims that opponents have “weaponized the judicial system” or that investigations into politicians on their side are “politically motivated” while simultaneously encouraging use of the criminal justice system to silence and punish opponents. I’m tired of the attacks, and I will call out politicians from either party that engage in such conduct.

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1. Congress should mandate the recording and public streaming of all federal court proceedings, including oral arguments and sentencing hearings, with exceptions only for narrowly defined national security needs or to protect the safety of specific witnesses

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4. Congress must reform the process for judicial discipline to include public access to all complaints, hearings, and findings, ensuring that judges are not above the very laws they interpret.

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Regarding the Supreme Court, the lack of trust is compounded by the lack of any binding code of conduct. Congress must enact a binding, enforceable code of conduct for the Supreme Court, complete with clear rules on financial disclosures, gift acceptance, and recusal standards. This code should not be a mere suggestion but a requirement, with violations investigated and adjudicated by an independent body, perhaps a panel of lower-court judges, to avoid the absurdity of justices policing themselves. There should be potential criminal penalties for willful violations of the code of conduct.

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Congress should no longer allow each justice to decide whether to recuse himself or herself. A justice should be required to recuse themselves not just when they have a direct financial stake in a case, but when there is a significant appearance of bias, such as close personal relationships with parties involved in a case or a history of public advocacy on the matter at hand. A formal mechanism, perhaps allowing the other eight justices to vote on a recusal motion, could provide a check against a single justice's poor judgment or desire to participate in a decision on a matter where recusal is clearly appropriate.

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Rural law enforcement agencies in Nebraska face significant resource and budgetary challenges. These agencies often have jurisdiction over large geographic areas and little manpower. They need federal funding to hire and train additional officers. Cuts to federal grants have also impacted technical assistance and wellness programs specifically for rural departments. You can’t have tax cuts for billionaires without weakening rural law enforcement. Rural law enforcement needs more federal money, not less, but we must ensure that money is used to make communities safer rather than to infringe on the constitutional rights of citizens.

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Legislation that makes it illegal for a law enforcement officer to conceal their face or badge number without a court order or in specifically defined narrow circumstances.

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Legislation that makes it illegal for a law enforcement office to scan a person’s face using facial recognition technology without a warrant or informed consent.

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Legislation that ensures the right of all Americans to record law enforcement activities if it does not clearly impair the ability of an officer to do their job.

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I support a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to overturn presidential pardons. That is the best way to prevent a president from abusing the pardon power.

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I believe in the science and effectiveness of vaccines, which have saved countless lives and are one of our most important tools for protecting public health. Vaccines have eliminated or drastically reduced diseases such as smallpox, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough. I was vaccinated as a child and received just about every vaccine imaginable in the Air Force. I encourage my family and neighbors to do the same to safeguard our communities, especially our most vulnerable. That said, I understand that not all vaccines are the same, and it is therefore a mistake to treat vaccines as an “all or nothing” issue. I believe a person has a right to choose not to be vaccinated, but that right ends when that decision presents a significant risk to another. That’s why the military requires vaccinations for servicemembers. The mission is too important to risk the loss of a team member of health reasons. I will focus on ensuring access to accurate information and making vaccines readily available while opposing any government overreach that forces medical decisions on citizens without a demonstrable benefit. We can promote public health without sacrificing individual liberty.

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The federal government has committed significant money to rural broadband through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including over $42 billion through the BEAD program. How that money gets deployed — and whether it actually reaches the farms and small towns that need it most — will depend heavily on state implementation decisions and federal oversight. Nebraska must hold providers accountable for delivering what they promise, and Congress must ensure that accountability is real.

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I support prioritizing federal broadband funding for the most underserved areas — the places private providers will never go without public support. I support requiring real speed and reliability standards, not paper commitments. I support holding providers accountable with enforceable buildout requirements and clawback provisions for funds that are not spent as promised.

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I also support exploring every technology that can serve rural areas cost-effectively, including fixed wireless, satellite, and fiber, without mandating a one-size-fits-all approach that may not make sense across the enormous geographic diversity of the Third District.

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Fight to ensure BEAD program funds and other federal broadband investments reach the most underserved rural areas in Nebraska — not just the easiest and cheapest to serve.

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Support enforceable buildout requirements and accountability measures so providers cannot pocket federal money without delivering service.

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Support expanding telehealth access for rural Nebraskans as a direct beneficiary of improved broadband.

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Rural Nebraska faces a severe shortage of mental health providers. Many counties in the 3rd district have no psychiatrist and no licensed clinical psychologist. The nearest inpatient psychiatric facility may be hours away. Primary care physicians — already stretched thin — often end up as the default mental health providers for rural patients, without adequate training or support. When someone in a rural community reaches a mental health crisis, the response system that urban Americans take for granted simply doesn't exist. This provider shortage is partly a result of economics — rural communities can't always support a full-time mental health practice — and partly a result of culture. Seeking mental health treatment has historically carried a stigma in rural communities where people are proud of their self-reliance, which makes it harder to build the patient base that would attract providers. But the stigma is changing, particularly among younger generations. We should meet that change with better services.

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Addiction is not a moral failure — it is a medical condition. We should treat it that way. That means funding treatment programs, training primary care providers in addiction medicine, and ensuring that medication-assisted treatment is available in rural communities.

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Support increased federal funding for rural mental health services, including grants to recruit and retain mental health providers in underserved communities.

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Push for federal support of farm stress programs, including hotlines, peer support networks, and integration of mental health services into agricultural extension programs.

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Support telehealth expansion and interstate licensure compacts that allow mental health providers to serve rural patients across state lines.

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Demand accountability from pharmaceutical companies for the opioid crisis they created, and support federal funding for rural addiction treatment programs.

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Fight to protect and expand veteran mental health funding, including suicide prevention programs specifically designed for rural veterans.

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Oppose any cuts to Medicaid that would reduce coverage for mental health services — in rural Nebraska, Medicaid is often the only coverage available for mental health treatment.

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Hispanic workers are vital to Nebraska’s agricultural economy. The “one size fits all” immigration crackdown that Adrian Smith supports without question has disrupted the labor supply our farmers, ranchers, and businesses depend on. Crop losses, workforce shortages, and fear spreading through rural communities are the direct results of policies Smith rubber-stamped. A true fiscal conservative does not destroy the labor market his own district relies on. I remember when a true conservative, Ronald Reagan, signed bipartisan immigration reform. I will push for a workable agricultural visa system that reflects the reality of how Nebraska’s economy— not one designed by politicians intent on making immigrants the boogey man to distract from their tax cuts for billionaires and refusal to go after pedophiles.

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The mass deportation of long-term residents tears families apart. Children who are American citizens lose parents. Families who have been part of Nebraska communities for decades get uprooted overnight. Children wonder where their friends went. In rural areas, where community ties are deep and every family matters, the forced removal of a neighbor creates a ripple effect that impacts local businesses, churches, and schools. This is not the Nebraska way. It is cruel, economically destructive, and serves no legitimate law enforcement purpose. I will oppose it.

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Adrian Smith voted for the bill that cut Medicaid funding and could cause up to 55,000 Nebraskans to lose health coverage. He did not push back. He did not demand protections for rural hospitals. He voted the way Mike Johnson told him to vote, and moved on. I will fight to protect and expand rural healthcare access for every Nebraskan, regardless of what they look like or where they were born.

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I support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself. The October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks were acts of barbarism — no nation absorbs that and does nothing. Iran has long backed Hamas and other terrorist organizations, threatening regional stability and American interests.

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Even so, American interests and American values must drive American foreign policy — not impulsive strikes without congressional authorization or clear strategic goals. And we must never attack another nation to distract from allegations of pedophiles at the highest levels of our government. Real strength means knowing when to fight, how to fight, and how to end it. Trump says this war could last four to five weeks. He has no plan for what comes after. History shows that’s where the real cost begins.

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We should not merge our defense industry with Israel's — or any other nation's. We never want to rely on any other nation when it comes to defending our national security.

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I support a two-state solution as the best path to peace. October 7th was a terrorist atrocity. What's happened to civilians in Gaza and Lebanon since is also tragic. There are tragedies all over the world. I wish I could solve them all, but I can’t. My job after I am sworn in will be to represent the people of Nebraska's Third District.

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Here's a number the politicians don't want you to think about: the national debt is now more than $36 trillion. While the billionaires and their politicians lecture you about fiscal responsibility, they've spent decades cutting taxes on the ultra-wealthy and financing the difference by borrowing money — money that you and your children will have to repay. One party tells you the solution is cutting your benefits. The other doesn't have the backbone to tell the billionaires to pay their fair share. I will.

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Global warming is real, it's accelerating, and it directly threatens Nebraska agriculture — your future, and your family's livelihood. Extreme weather cost Nebraska $2 billion in damages in 2024 alone. The atmospheric carbon dioxide level is higher than at any point in at least 650,000 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating. This isn't political opinion; it's ice core data. You can't grow crops in dust and floodwater. I believe fossil fuels are a necessary bridge while we transition to cleaner energy, but pretending the problem doesn't exist is not a bridge — it's a cliff.

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Knowledge is good. (Yes, I'm quoting Animal House, and I stand by it.) An educated population is how we solve problems, cure diseases, and maintain a democracy. Yet we've made it so expensive to get an education that young people are starting their adult lives tens of thousands of dollars in debt for the crime of trying to better themselves. At the same time, we give tax breaks to billionaires and cut funding to Land Grant institutions like the University of Nebraska. Recent cuts at UNL reduced local degree options, increased brain drain, and limited research relevant to rural communities. That's exactly backwards. Making the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share would free up money for education grants, reduce reliance on tuition, and reduce property taxes to boot.

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Artificial intelligence will change the economy dramatically in your lifetime — more dramatically than the internet changed it in mine. Some of those changes will be positive; many will be disruptive. When AI eliminates jobs, the profits from that efficiency go to the corporations. The workers who lose their jobs? They're on their own. That's not inevitable — it's a policy choice. We need to strengthen unions, protect collective bargaining rights, and ensure that the productivity gains from AI don't just flow to the top. We must also have an honest national conversation about retraining and economic security for workers displaced by automation. Nebraska's young people deserve leaders who are thinking about this seriously rather than pretending it isn't happening.

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The corporations know far more about you than you think — and they're making money from that information while you get nothing. Every app, every platform, every search engine is harvesting data from you. AI is making it worse. The people telling you to fear the "Deep State" helped the billionaires build the surveillance infrastructure. I believe you have a constitutional right to privacy, and I'll fight for legislation that protects it. That means requiring informed consent for data collection, setting meaningful limits on what corporations can do with your information, and ensuring that AI development doesn't leave your rights behind.

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My generation left younger generations a mess. No doubt about it. But some in my generation tried to prevent it. We fought for civil rights and a clean environment. We wanted to honor the tradition of parents giving their children a better life. But billionaires used their advantages to give themselves even more advantages. Nebraska’s Third District contains more older Americans than most congressional districts. We can’t win without their support. Don’t let the billionaires deceive you by pitting older people against younger people.

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Data centers are coming to Nebraska whether we plan for them or not. The economic case for attracting them is real — a single large facility can create construction jobs and generate property tax revenue. I do not oppose data centers; I oppose giving away Nebraska's most precious resource to get them. I oppose them if they are used to infringe on our privacy.

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There is also a bubble risk that we must take seriously. Economists watching the AI buildout — including MIT research fellow Paul Kedrosky — compare it to prior speculative booms: prodigious capital spending, circular revenue arrangements, and an extractive model that produces declining returns over time. Data center equipment depreciates on an accelerated schedule. The company captures its tax benefit early, writes down the assets, and moves on. Nebraska is left with a depleted aquifer and a stranded power grid.

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Nebraskans also deserve to know what they're getting. Too many of these deals are negotiated behind non-disclosure agreements that keep communities in the dark about how much water and power a project will take. I will fight for full public disclosure before any deal is signed.

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Americans should have the legal right to know what data corporations and the government collect on them, who sells it, and who buys it. They should have the right to correct inaccurate data, to opt out of data collection, and to have their data deleted. These are not radical ideas. They are basic rights that citizens in most of the developed world already hold. Congress has failed to act because the corporations that profit from your data have enormous lobbying power. I will support comprehensive federal data privacy legislation.

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The Fourth Amendment protects you from the government searching your home without a warrant. But when the government can simply purchase your data from a private data broker, that constitutional protection means nothing. Congress should prohibit the government from purchasing data about Americans that it would otherwise need a warrant to obtain. Your constitutional rights should not evaporate because a corporation collected the same information the government wants.

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Law enforcement and private companies deploy facial recognition technology with little oversight and no national standard. These systems have well-documented error rates, especially for people of certain ethnicities. Congress should establish clear federal standards governing when and how facial recognition and AI surveillance tools can be used, require transparency, and create accountability mechanisms when these tools are misused.

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Congress should establish clear rules that farmers own the data generated on their farms. A seed company, an equipment manufacturer, or a software provider should not claim ownership of the yield data, soil data, or production data from your farm. That data is yours. I will support legislation that protects farmers’ data rights and prevents agricultural corporations from using farm data to gain unfair commercial advantages over the farmers who generated it.

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Various surveillance programs run by our intelligence agencies are supposed to be overseen by Congress. That oversight has been inadequate. I will support real, meaningful oversight of government surveillance programs — not rubber-stamp reviews, but genuine scrutiny with consequences for agencies that exceed their authority.

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Support legislation prohibiting the government from purchasing Americans’ data to circumvent Fourth Amendment protections.

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Support federal farm data rights legislation that ensures farmers own the data generated on their land.

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Support federal restrictions on foreign adversaries purchasing American farmland and critical infrastructure.

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Oppose any legislation or executive action that gives unaccountable private individuals access to Americans’ personal and financial data held by the federal government.

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I support an independent central bank. But independence is not immunity from oversight. Congress must examine the Fed’s decisions, understand its failures, and hold it accountable when its policies consistently benefit Wall Street at the expense of ordinary Nebraskans.

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If you value your privacy — and every farmer, rancher, and small business owner in greater Nebraska does — a CBDC is a direct threat to how you live and work. The small cash transaction at the farm auction, the informal arrangement between neighbors, the private gift to a family member — all of it enters a government database. For the first time in American history, Washington would know exactly what you buy, what you sell, and who you pay. That is not a future we should accept.

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China has already deployed expiring digital currency to force spending on the government’s timeline. Authoritarian governments have weaponized financial access to silence dissidents and punish political opponents for decades. We must not build that infrastructure here — because once it exists, the next administration, or the one after that, will use it. The moment the government can cut off your money because of what you believe, who you voted for, or what you said, freedom is gone.

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The Federal Reserve must not issue a retail Central Bank Digital Currency — one held directly by consumers — without explicit congressional authorization. This change is too significant for an unelected institution to make without public debate and a legislative vote. Several bipartisan bills have proposed exactly this requirement. I support them.

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Congress should explicitly affirm that U.S. currency — paper and coin — must always be accepted as legal tender for all debts, public and private. Cash won’t disappear overnight. It will fade quietly, by default, until millions of Americans wake up with no private way to pay for anything. I will oppose every policy that pushes us toward that outcome.

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Congress should cut the regulatory burden on small community banks and credit unions while tightening scrutiny on the largest financial institutions. The current system does the reverse — it buries small banks in compliance costs while big banks deploy armies of lawyers to navigate the rules. I will support tiered regulation that distinguishes between the systemic risks megabanks pose and the community role local institutions play.

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Dodd-Frank put safeguards in place after the 2008 crisis. Congress and regulators have since gutted many of them. Congress should reinstate meaningful capital requirements, leverage limits, and resolution planning rules for systemically important financial institutions. If a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to operate without extraordinary oversight. When it fails anyway, shareholders and executives absorb the losses — not taxpayers.

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I support an independent audit of the Federal Reserve — not to destroy its independence, but to force transparency and make its decisions readable by the public and Congress. When the Fed makes trillion-dollar decisions that touch every American family, those decisions must not happen behind closed doors.

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The Farm Credit System exists to get reliable credit to agricultural producers. But farmers say it has grown more bureaucratic, more risk-averse, and less responsive to their actual needs — especially for smaller operations. Congress should audit whether the Farm Credit System still fulfills its mission and fix it where it doesn’t. Farmers who can’t access credit can’t plant.

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Oppose any CBDC that gives the government real-time visibility into Americans’ financial transactions, allows programmable restrictions on spending, or enables the government to freeze funds without a court order.

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Require explicit congressional authorization before the Federal Reserve can issue any retail Central Bank Digital Currency.

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Protect the legal status of cash as a payment option and oppose policies that accelerate its elimination.

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Support tiered banking regulation that reduces burdens on community banks and credit unions while increasing oversight of systemically important megabanks.

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Support an independent audit of the Federal Reserve to increase transparency and public accountability.

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Nebraskans understand money. They run businesses, manage tight margins, and plan for uncertain futures. They know debt is real, financial independence matters, and that when someone offers to manage your money, you read the fine print. The politicians building a cashless surveillance economy aren’t doing it to help you. They’re doing it to control you. This is not paranoia. It is a documented policy agenda moving through central banks right now. I will stand against it — and I will use every tool a congressman has to stop it.

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I will defend religious liberty for everyone — Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, and every person in between. Religious liberty that protects only the majority is not religious liberty. It is religious dominance.

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I will oppose any effort to establish a government-preferred religion. Proposals to inject specific religious doctrine into public schools or use taxpayer money to advance one denomination’s theology are not hypothetical — they move through Congress right now. I will vote against them.

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I will protect religious institutions’ freedom to govern themselves. The state has no business in the internal religious affairs of churches, synagogues, or mosques. The same principle that keeps government from establishing religion keeps government from interfering with how faith communities practice it.

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I will defend equal access, not preferred access, for every faith. When public schools or public universities open their facilities to one outside group, the Constitution requires them to open those facilities to all comparable groups on the same terms. That has been settled Supreme Court law since Lamb’s Chapel (1993) and Good News Club (2001) — cases conservative legal groups rightly championed. A public school that hosts Turning Point Faith must also host a Muslim student association, a Jewish student group, a humanist club, or anything else on the same terms. The principle cuts both ways, and I respect it both ways.