WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education published updated priorities today for the upcoming grant cycle for the American History and Civics programs. This included a change to the previously proposed mandate that grant applicants teach critical race theory - a mandate which Cole urged Secretary Miguel Cardona to withdraw in May. "I a  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today reintroduced S. 2394, the Federal Land Freedom Act, and S. 2393, the Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands (FRESH) Act. "Under the previous administration we achieved energy independence, but, in the Biden administration, we've reversed much of our progress,  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued the following statement after he supported an amendment by Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) to the VOCA Fix Act to prevent Congress from using a budget gimmick to raid the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) for unrelated spending. The CVF collects criminal fines and penalties and is intended to help victims of crimes and crime prevention. "Year after year, Congr  more