WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on Sept. 21, 2021, during a floor debate on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2022 (H.R. 4350), Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (H.R. 5305) and Women's Health Protection Act (H.R. 3755): * * * As delivered on the House floor during debate on the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4350, H.R. 5305 and H.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on Sept. 20, 2021, at a hearing on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2022 (H.R. 4350) and Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act (H.R. 3755): * * * Our hearing today supposedly covers three items. The first of these I will address is, happily, a bipartisan measure: H.R. 4350, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. It was pro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2021: * * * House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas released the following statement today after it was announced that former Chairman Sherwood Boehlert passed away last night: "I was deeply saddened to hear that Congressman Sherwood Boehlert passed away. I had the honor of serving w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Yesterday, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) hosted a virtual town hall with constituents from across the 1st District. The call included 6,855 participants both online and by phone. Rep. Hern discussed recent issues including the crisis on the southern border, the impending depletion of the Social Security and Medicaid funds, and the fight against the Democrats' $3.5T Budget Resolution. R  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against HR 5305, the Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government. "Once again, the Democrat majority has put the federal government on autopilot," said Rep. Hern. "What are we doing here? Our constituents did not send us here to do the same thing over and over and over again. We must interrupt this never-ending cycle   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2021: * * * Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5305- the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, a continuing resolution that includes a measure to suspend the nation's debt limit through December 2022. "Last election cycle, Democrats won control of the House, the Senate, and the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- 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, released the following statement today after the committee held a classified briefing on Afghanistan with Colin Kahl, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Michael McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) / Chief Financial Officer; and Rear Admiral Marc J. Miguez, Deputy Director for Operations, J3 Joint   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today questioned national security officials in a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing entitled "Threats to the Homeland: Evaluating the Landscape 20 Years After 9/11," an annual hearing that seeks to address some of the most pressing issues facing US national security and the ways in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) to introduce the Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research Act, a bill prohibiting federal funding of gender reassignment research on minors. These medical interventions are experimental, irreversible, and often fail to produce the intended effects. This bill would prohibit federal funding from being used in research or   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Senator James Lankford, joined Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) in introducing the COVID-19 Vaccine Dishonorable Discharge Prevention Act to prohibit the Department of Defense (DOD) from giving service members a dishonorable discharge for choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The House Armed Services Committee recently passed simil  more