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It’s been almost 25 years since America last had a balanced budget.
Since 2001, America has run a budget deficit every year, contributing to our $37 trillion national debt that is climbing every day.
While partisans can debate the finer points about how America got here and who is to blame, debates do nothing to change what seems to be an unavoidable truth: If the federal government maintains the status quo, the financial future of our country is in real jeopardy.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood announced Flyover Fintech will include a panel on “Bank-Fintech Partnerships.” The panel, featuring industry leaders from Square Financial Services, Betterment, Chime, and Mercury, will happen at the Congressman’s Flyover Fintech Conference in Lincoln on September 23, 2025.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – Following Congressmen Mike Flood (NE-01) and Eric Sorensen’s (IL-17) efforts to help the National Weather Service (NWS) fully staff critical positions at their offices, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced they will hire 450 meteorologists, hydrologists, and radar technicians.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood announced he will hold a town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 4, 2025. The town hall will be hosted at the Kimball Recital Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Flood (R-NE) and Sam Liccardo (D-CA) introduced the “Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act.” Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) lead the senate version. This legislation streamlines environmental review processes for Department of Housing and Urban Development housing projects.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Flood (R-NE) and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced the “Identifying Regulatory Barriers to Housing Supply Act.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressmen Mike Flood (NE-01) and Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-02) announced that they introduced the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Information Act. This bill would direct the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) to include Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) more explicitly on their weekly and monthly reports, in line with existing standards and consistent with other fuel types.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood released a statement following the House passage of H.R. 3339, also known as the “Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2025.”
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Flood (R-Neb.), Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, sent a bicameral letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte, praising his work on credit risk transfer (CRT) programs at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while encouraging further reforms to strengthen CRT programs’ impact on the housing finance system.
For the past four years, the digital asset industry was under assault by the Biden administration and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s hostile posture towards America’s emergent digital economy.
When President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance took office, they promised to work with Congress to update the law and usher in a new “golden age” for digital assets and blockchain technology.