WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on July 27, 2021: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a full Committee markup of five bills: * H.R. 4609, the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Future Act of 2021 * H.R. 3858, the National Science and Technology Strategy Act of 2021 * H.R. 4588, the Regional Innovation Act of 2021 *   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following floor remarks on July 27, 2021, during a debate on a seven-bill appropriations package for fiscal 2022 (H.R. 4502). * * * Today's rule covers H.R. 4502, a seven-bill appropriations package for fiscal year 2022, including the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education subcommittee, where I am the Ranking Member. Though I have great affection for my good friend Ch  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on July 26, 2021, at a hearing on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4502): * * * Today's hearing covers a large appropriations package that incorporates reported bills from seven of the 12 subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee. The package totals $770 billion in federal disc  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following hearing on July 27, 2021, at a hearing on three appropriations bills (H.R. 4373, 4346 and 4505): * * * Today's hearing covers three appropriations bills: State and Foreign Operations; Commerce, Justice, and Science; and Legislative Branch. Collectively these three bills encompass $147 billion in spending, a 13 percent increase from fiscal year 2021. I have many of the  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following joint statement on July 27, 2021, with Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee: * * * U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, released the following statement after receiving a letter from the Nuclear Weapons Counci  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, released the following statement after receiving a letter from the Nuclear Weapons Council (NWC) outlining their concerns with President Biden's budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). "The letter we received yesterday from the Nuclear Weap  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 27, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today participated in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to get updates on timelines and numbers Lankford has been told by the Secretary are "coming." Lankford questioned Mayorkas about the recently released bombshell report in which Lankford found $2 bi  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today participated in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee business meeting to consider several nominations, including the controversial nomination of Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Lankford's questions focused on previous testimony before the Committee in which Ms. Stone-Manning provided apparently false or misleadin  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) to send a letter to President Biden expressing deep concern with the White House's announcement that it will be flagging American citizens' speech on social media platforms for misinformation. The   more