Issue Position: Your Job, The Economy

Issue Position

Good jobs and a smart economy. I am devoted to creating the conditions of good opportunity for you and your family. I will always support small businesses and local farmers. There were a number of great economic improvements made this year--but then this coronavirus hit us. Working rapidly and in a bi-partisan fashion, Congress passed a massive measure to protect our healthcare system, protect individuals and families, and small business. Much of my time has been devoted to the implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program for small business, which will help get us through this crisis.

On the economic front, we earlier passed the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. This will result in the creation of 176,000 jobs as well as the expansion of sales of wheat, dairy, eggs, and poultry for Nebraska ag producers into Canadian markets. Once we rebound from the virus, the work of rethinking trade agreements will continue--so that they are fair to America, particularly our agreements with China. In my leadership role on the Agriculture Subcommittee of Appropriations, I have oversight responsibility for the Agriculture policy and the Food and Drug Administration. It is unconscionable that we depend so heavily on China for drugs. Just like military equipment, our medical supplies should be Made in America.

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The negative consequences of coronavirus will be with us for some time as the economy contracts. But I do believe that we are set to reset. We will see a leap in the use of telehealth, telework, and tele-education. Manufacturing will return to America, we will innovate to a more sustainable economy, and the Farm of the Future will move into production.

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