Rep. Flood, Nebraska Leaders Break Ground on New ARS Research Facility

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – This week, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood joined U.S. Congressman Don Bacon as well as U.S. Senators Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts to break ground on a new U. S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Innovation Campus. The new ARS facility was made possible due to the minibus appropriations bill that awarded $25 million for the project.

You can watch Rep. Flood’s full remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony here at the 23:17 mark.You can read Rep. Flood’s appropriations request for the ARS facility here.