WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, issued the following joint statement with House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, on Aug. 11, 2021: * * * House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and HEAT Co-Chairs Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) released the following joint statement after the White House urged OPEC and its allies to produce more oil in an effort to counter skyrocketing gas prices and   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced an amendment to the budget resolution today that would ban funding for an abortion being sought because the unborn child has Down syndrome. His amendment was cosponsored by Sens. Lankford, Blackburn, Braun, Cotton, Cramer, Daines, Ernst, Hagerty, Hawley, Marshall, Moran, Risch, Rounds, Rubio and Tim Scott. The majority of Senate Democrats joined to block Sen. In  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement criticizing President Biden's recent efforts urging OPEC to increase oil production after irreparably damaging Americans' ability to produce oil domestically. "Hypocrisy is nothing new in this White House," said Rep. Hern. "President Biden catered to supporters of the radical Green New Deal when he ended the Keystone Pipeline and used Ex  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following joint statement with House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, on Aug. 11, 2021: * * * House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and HEAT Co-Chairs Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) released the following joint statement after the White House urged OPEC and its allies to produce more oil in an effort to counter skyrocketing gas prices and   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: Last night, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and 44 other Republican senators in signing a letter promising they will not vote to increase the debt ceiling, "whether that increase comes through a stand-alone bill, a continuing resolution, or any other vehicle." Such a debt ceiling increase would be one of the dire consequences of Democrats' proposed $5  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) made the following statement after voting against the Senate Democrats' $3.5 trillion taxing and spending bill. "In the last six months, Democrats under Joe Biden have already spent more than $3.1 trillion. Now, with more than 70 percent of Americans concerned that Democrat spending will cause spiraling inflation, they want to add another $3.5 trillion. That's not only  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Aug. 11, 2021: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued the following statement for his opposition to the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Resolution: "In 2017, Republicans passed the single largest tax cut for Americans, and we watched the economy take off. Now, Democrats are in control, and they're trying to pass a huge tax increase on American families and small businesses, which will certainly slow ou  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Congressman Chris Jacobs (R-NY) to lead a bicameral letter to President Biden calling for the Administration to change course and end its unconstitutional eviction moratorium. The letter is signed by 29 members of Congress. "We strongly oppose the Biden Administration's latest eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control an  more