WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), along with Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK), sent letters to the Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing concerns about out-of-band emission (OOBE) limits to protect the integrity of global weather forecasting, satellite-based climate measu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Aug. 10, 2021: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today voted against so-called infrastructure bill, that includes several sections that are unrelated to infrastructure and did not go through committee consideration: "Instead of working to build a real, substantive infrastructure bill, these sideshow negotiations produced a gr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today voted to oppose the massive $1.2 trillion tax-and-spend spree masquerading as an "infrastructure" bill. Lankford has consistently raised his concerns with the overspending in this bill and the proposed $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation the Senate will move to later today. Lankford raised a budget point of order before final passage of the "infrastruct  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced an amendment to the Democrats' partisan budget resolution to prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for funding of abortions and abortion-related discrimination. The amendment ensures that the budget will comply with the long-standing Hyde amendment, which bars the use of federal dollars to pay for abortion, and the Weldon amendment, which prot  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and 18 senators to send a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to oppose the European Union's (EU) unilateral implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) and to instead work with developed countries on policies targeted at the largest greenhouse gas emitters like China. "Your Administration should safeguard   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced an amendment (#3293) to the budget resolution that would instruct SASC to report reconciliation legislation that provides $50.2 bi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today highlighted their concerns with the lack of resources for military infrastructure in H.R.3684, the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," which i  more