WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Subcommittee Ranking Member Tom Cole (R-OK) and Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Dr. Andy Harris (R-MD) led a press conference on the Democrats' plan to strip longstanding, bipartisan protections against taxpayer-funded abortions after they rejected efforts by Committee Republic  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today led a unanimous House Republican effort to restore longstanding, bipartisan pro-life language that has been included in the annual appropriations process for decades. With the support of every Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Cole filed   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi vetoed Leader Kevin McCarthy's picks to represent the Republican Party on the January 6th Select Committee. "Pelosi has once again overstepped as Speaker of the House," said Rep. Hern. "There is no longer any pretense that she plans for the Select Committee to be a bipartisan effort, something I - and any American p  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Research and Technology Chairwoman Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Ranking Member Mike Waltz (R-FL) along with Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) introduced the NIST for the Future Act. The NIST for the F  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: U.S. Representatives Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Tom Cole (R-OK), and G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), alongside community health advocates from Aligning for Health, the YMCA and CareSource, announced the founding of the bipartisan Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus. Co-Chairs Mullin, Bustos, Cole, and Butterfield joined more than 700 advocates for a virtual   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and the entire Senate Republican caucus in urging President Biden to abandon his effort to impose a capital gains tax increase on family-owned businesses, farms and ranches. Repealing this part of the tax code would have a devastating effect on multi-generation operat  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) made the following statement after Senate Democrats unilaterally forced a vote on whether to procedurally advance an infrastructure package without a final bipartisan agreement or providing bill text. The procedural vote unsurprisingly failed to reach the 60 required votes by a margin of 49-51. "There is no bipartisan infrastructure agreement yet and Democrats' attempt  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, today released a blistering report on $2 billion in wasted taxpayer dollars to pay Department of Defense (DOD) contractors not to build the border wall while more than 180,000 migrants attempted to cross our southern border in  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to introduce the Taiwan Partnership Act, which would establish a partnership between the US National Guard and Taiwanese defense forces to ensure a well-integrated defense force capable of fast deployment during a crisis: "Taiwan is an important strategic defense partner for the US in the region a  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) made the following comments after the Senate passed Senate Resolution 291 congratulating the University of Oklahoma Sooners softball team on winning the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's College World Series. "I am glad to lead the Senate in congratulating the University of Oklahoma Sooners softb  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) yesterday led the Senate in passing a Senate Resolution to formally congratulate the University of Oklahoma Sooners softball team on winning the 2021 National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's College World Series. "Oklahoma is proud to celebrate the distinguished women of OU Softball for their record-shattering season and their fifth nati  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senators John Thune (R-SD), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) today led the entire Senate Republican caucus in urging President Biden to abandon his effort to impose a capital gains tax increase on family-owned businesses, farms, and ranches. Repealing this part of the tax code would have a devastating effect on mul  more