Opinion

g OVernOr Over the past year, Nebraska set an all-time high for employment. Our rapid growth is creating thousands of great-paying jobs.

WashingtOn d.C . Recently, I traveled around our state and visited with many Nebraskans.

Anyone who is registered to vote knows that Election Day 2022 has come and gone. This is true even if folks did not vote, because their mailboxes are no longer stuffed full of political mailers.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, maybe Easter. Birthdays, anniversaries, funerals.

W Pausing to reflect on the heroic service of the servicemembers in our nation’s history is an important American tradition. Extending recognition for the immeasurable impact our veterans have made through selfless devotion and love for the United States is why we pause each Veterans Day.

In October, Creighton University’s nine-state Mid-American Economy Report showed the survey’s Business Confidence Index reached its lowest level since March 2020. This is a far cry from the promises of a thriving economy President Biden made as a candidate before taking office. Recent polling by the Economist and YouGov reveals 66 percent of Americans believe the country has become more politically divided since then, and 63 percent of Americans foresee the divisions getting worse in the next few years. The policies and rhetoric of the Biden administration have repeatedly failed to unite and get our country back on track. To contrast, House Republicans have coalesced around our Commitment to America agenda, our commonsense policy platform to ensure Americans everywhere have a chance at the American dream. It is based on four key pillars: a government that’s accountable, a nation that’s safe, a future built on freedom, and an economy that’s strong.

Throughout our state’s history, Nebraskans have made it a priority to honor our veterans. In fact, our appreciation is built into the very foundation of our State Capitol building.

The election is over, the results are well known, the will of the people has truly been shown. So, let’s let bygones be bygones and evil thoughts pass… The next line shall remain unwritten, because it’s likely not printable in a newspaper in polite society.

At 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, everything went silent. The deafening sounds of gunfire and artillery shells had come to a halt. World War I, which at the time was the deadliest conflict in human history, was finally over.

Veterans Day has passed. I normally write about how important it is for Nebraskans to take a moment to honor and remember our veterans on this special day.