FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 Contact: Jane Kleeb, jane@boldnebraska.org, 402-705-3622 Pipeline Fighters Give Lee Terry the Boot Top cheerleader for Keystone XL pipeline in Congress, Nebraska’s Rep. Lee Terry, Loses His Seat in Election Omaha, NE — Nebraskans stood up to TransCanada by voting out Rep. Lee Terry, the top cheerleader in Congress […]

Pipeline fighters showed up to vote yesterday. Years of actions, shoulder to shoulder, taught us one simple lesson: we never give up, we never back down, we keep moving forward together. Millions of Americans who stand up every day to protect our land and water from risky tarsands will not cower in the corner because […]

Rep. Lee Terry, using taxpayer money, issued a “playlist” for an upcoming concert called “Harvest the Hope” featuring Willie Nelson and Neil Young —who stand with farmers, ranchers and tribes protecting the Heartland from the TransCanada’s foreign tarsands pipeline. “Hopefully Lee Terry’s newly found song writing career will enable him to pay for his nice […]

Rep. Lee “Tarsands” Terry, TransCanada’s top cheerleader for the Keystone XL pipeline in Congress, went on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, April 29 to tell the citizens of Nebraska that he stands with Big Oil and against their property rights. Terry said that, despite having no National Interest Determination from the State Dept., and […]

On Thursday, Nov. 7, our friends at Nebraska Appleseed are organizing a prayer vigil for immigration reform outside Congressman Lee Terry’s Omaha office. A host of Omaha faith leaders will lead supporters and stakeholders in prayer, highlighting the moral and practical urgency for the House to take action on immigration this year. (Cross-posted from Nebraska Appleseed, […]

Editors Note: Thank you to Mary Pipher who wrote this petition and to everyone who sent emails to me in support. You can watch the clip our team pulled together or watch the full hearing (my 5 minute testimony is at 1:17:00 and the questions–many of which are inappropriate and deserve an apology–start at 1:29:00 […]

Below is Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb’s written testimony as submitted to Congress for the Sept. 19, 2013 hearing (“Keystone’s Red Tape Anniversary“) of the U.S. House Energy & Commerce’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. Watch the hearing live at 9:15 AM CT at this link: http://energycommerce.house.gov/studio/webcasts Testimony of Bold Nebraska Executive Director Jane Kleeb […]