WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following joint statement with Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, on Aug. 12, 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 increasing inflation,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the Biden administration announced the deployment of military personnel to Afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff: "The situation in Afghanistan has gone from bad to worse in a matter of weeks. We all saw this coming, we all tried to warn President Biden away from this d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following statement after the White House urged OPEC+ to ramp up crude production to counter the spike in oil prices: "A year ago, when the national average for gas prices was lower, and our government sent a strong signal to American producers that we wanted them to maintain our own energy independence. "America relied only on our producers and American jobs  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (R-MD) led a bicameral group of Senators and Congressmen in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra demanding answers on why the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC), which has received federal  more