{"id":30386,"date":"2021-05-18T13:36:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=30386"},"modified":"2021-05-18T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T19:36:27","slug":"committee-hears-series-of-legislative-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=30386","title":{"rendered":"Committee hears series of legislative resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Executive Board took testimony May 19 on resolutions introduced to counter a recent effort to outline legislative positions on a list of perceived threats posed to the U.S. Constitution by the federal government.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Megan Hunt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt introduced three resolutions that would call upon state senators to \u201cexpress a firm resolution\u201d to support the following:
\n\u2022 LR118, which would defend the U. S. Capitol and the democratic election process;
\n\u2022 LR121, which would defend the right of Nebraskans to an \u201curgent, robust and professional\u201d response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
\n\u2022 LR130, which would defend the viability of the planet and its natural resources from the threat of climate change.<\/p>\n

Hunt said the measurers were a response to the \u201cdeeply partisan and factious\u201d nature of LR107, sponsored by North Platte Sen. Mike Groene, which she said should not be \u201ccodified\u201d as representing the beliefs of all Nebraskans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to present some alternatives,\u201d Hunt said.<\/p>\n

Ken Winston testified in support of all three resolutions, saying the Legislature should focus on creating policy that benefits all Nebraskans despite their political differences.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease support facts, science and working together,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s make America better than it\u2019s ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jennifer Hicks, testifying in opposition to LR118, said all the protests that she attended in Lincoln after the 2020 election were peaceful. She said she knew individuals who also were at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and that such gatherings were a \u201cpursuit of the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have grave concerns that our election process was not a free and fair one,\u201d Hicks said.<\/p>\n

Testifying in a neutral capacity, Rachel Gibson said Nebraska residents hold a wide variety of views and feel passionately about them. As a result, she said, highly partisan resolutions from either side of the political spectrum that purport to speak for all Nebraskans should be avoided in the state\u2019s officially nonpartisan Legislature.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour voice as the Legislature is the formal voice of us as the people,\u201d Gibson said.<\/p>\n

The committee took no immediate action on the proposals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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