WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following commentary to the Norman Transcript: * * * In recent weeks, our country has experienced an alarming uptick in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, which is more contagious than initial strains that spread widely and first caused the coronavirus pandemic last year. Indeed, this variant seems to be rearing its ugly head across America, largely among those who are unvaccinated, with most cases of hospitalizations and death  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) successfully blocked President Biden's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office from opening a "surge overflow temporary facility" at the Great Plains Correctional Institution in Hinton, Oklahoma, that would have been used to process migrants who crossed the border illegally and release them into Western Oklahoma. Twenty-four hours after Lankford spoke on the Senate fl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) this evening raised a budget point of order before final passage of the "infrastructure" bill to make the case that this bill will add billions to the debt and is "paid for" with budget gimmicks. The final vote for the bill could happen later tonight. Lankford has consistently raised his concerns with the overspending in this bill and the proposed $3.5 trillion "budget" resol  more