CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, July 15 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: On Monday, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03), led by Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Senate Western Caucus Chairman Steve Daines (MT), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jaime Pinkham to express serious concerns with the Biden Administration's decision to remand the   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Yesterday, Representative Stephanie Bice (R-OK) and Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) introduced H.R. 4247, the Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act. Additional original cosponsors include Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL), Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS) and Rep. August Pfluger, (R-TX). This legislation would ensure that National Guardsmen who are disabled while servi  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: On July 7, 2021, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas and Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Stephanie Bice published an op-ed discussing threats to American leadership in science and technology and the opportunities that lie ahead for Americans in Oklahoma and acros  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses this morning at an EPW hearing on the nomination of Michael Connor to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. Witnesses included: Michael Connor, nominee to be the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Department of the Army. Inhofe: Thank you very much. First o  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), the lead Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, today introduced an amendment to the Homeland Procurement Reform Act, to restart and complete the work on the southern border wall that was halted by the Biden Administration. "Congress already approved and the American people alrea  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Susan Wild (D-PA) and Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced legislation to protect sensitive US research from foreign adversaries, while also securing America's valuable international partnerships that spur technological innovation. The legislation will advance key technology research in areas such as artificial intelligence and quantum s  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined all of the Republican members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) to send a letter to President Biden calling on him to withdraw the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as director of the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Lankford was joined in sending the letter by Ranking Member J  more