WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) sent a letter this afternoon to Janet Yellen, the secretary for the Department of the Treasury, regarding Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) deductions. The Biden Administration is working to eliminate FDII which would put globally engaged U.S. companies at a significant disadvantage. This letter urges Secretary Yellen to reconsider repealing the FDII. All Republican Me  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following floor statement on July 28, 2021: * * * Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) spoke on the House floor yesterday in support of his amendments to HR 4502. Six amendments from Rep. Hern were ruled in order for the mini-bus. The amendments were presented en bloc, each one cutting 20% from different divisions of the appropriations package. Remarks as prepared: Last year, we lost Senator Tom Coburn, a dear friend of mine, and a   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 28, 2021: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) in sending a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) urging them to extend the public comment period for the proposed rule seeking to list two Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) of the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by at least six months. The public comment period for t  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) led a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) urging them to extend the public comment period for the proposed rule seeking to list two Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) of the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by at least six months. The public comment period for the proposed rule currently ends on August 2, 2021. Inhofe   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today participated in a press conference with Senate Republicans to discuss the Democrats' reckless tax and spending spree, punctuated by not one but two proposals that will cost Americans trillions in tax dollars, increase entitlements, bring in a new radical climate change agenda, and add to inflation that is already starting to impact Oklahomans, especially those on a fixe  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, sent a letter to the Small Business Administration's Administrator and National Ombudsman regarding Presidential Proclamation 10142 and the impacts it has had on small businesses. Lankford highlighted one small business during a Senate Homelan  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 28, 2021: U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), co-chairmen of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, today released the below statements following the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's unanimous passage of their legislation to direct the State Department to develop a strategy to assist Taiwan in obtaining observer status at the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of t  more