FILE - U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Nebraska state Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha speaks at an Education Committee hearing in Lincoln, Neb., Jan 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)