WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Pete Ricketts issued the following press release:
Today, on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) addressed the devasting wildfires in Western Nebraska. Senator Ricketts expressed his prayers for all Nebraskans affected by the disaster and applauded the heroic efforts of first responders.
"My home state of Nebraska is currently experiencing a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion for our state. We have a number of fires burning across the state that have burned up to 750,000 acres of Nebraska - that's over 1%, approaching 2%, of the total land area of my state," said Ricketts. "I ask all Nebraskans and all Americans to pray for the victims of this terrible fire. I had the opportunity, wit...