WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) congratulated Pioneer School, located in the Fourth District of Oklahoma, following its selection by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2021 National Blue Ribbon School. This recognition is awarded to schools for overall academic performance as well as successful efforts to close achievement gaps and facilitate exceptional classroom environments and learning. "I am thrilled to co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) congratulated Brink Junior High, located in the Fourth District of Oklahoma, following its selection by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2021 National Blue Ribbon School. This recognition is awarded to schools for overall academic performance as well as successful efforts to close achievement gaps and facilitate exceptional classroom environments and learning. "I am thrilled to  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: At a hearing to receive testimony on Afghanistan, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today questioned witnesses about the implications of the Taliban victory in Afghanistan for Americans and at-risk Afghans left in the country and for jihadist terrorist networks globally. Witnesses included: Thomas Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today rejected the Senate confirmation of Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden's nominee to be the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director. "Tracy Stone-Manning not only colluded with eco-terrorists, putting loggers' lives in danger, but she then lied about her involvement in that criminal investigation," Inhofe said. "The fact that she was still being c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today voted against a continuing resolution proposed by Senate Democrats that fails to provide additional funding for U.S. defense and strips out funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. "I cannot in good conscience vote for this continuing resolution that falls way short for defense because it does not provide three to five percent real grow  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Oct. 1, 2021: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following statement today ahead of joining thousands of Oklahomans at the Run to Remember in Oklahoma City to honor those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building: "It is always moving to see thousands of athletes and their families remembering what happened that d  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Following the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) release of its long-awaited "Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law," Senator James Lankford (R-OK) expressed support for our law enforcement personnel who have told him they feel they are "handcuffed" by DHS leadership who tells them what immigration laws they can and can't enforce. The new guidelines, which refer to illegal immigrants  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2021: Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to honor the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. "It is a great privilege to introduce this resolution alongside Sen. Moran to commemorate the   more