CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the City of Guthrie was a recipient of the Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Community Policing Development (CPD) program funding. The City of Guthrie, which was one of three awardees in Oklahoma, was awarded $75,000 in fundi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), along with Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), and Kathy Castor (FL-14), recently introduced the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act, which aims to lower the U.S. stillbirth rate by providing critical resources to state and federal health departments, improving data collection, and increasing education an  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses at an EPW oversight hearing to examine the response by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Hurricane Ida. Witnesses included: Major General William H. "Butch" Graham, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Brigadier General Thomas J.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), the lead Republican on the Homeland Security Committee's Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, today participated in a press conference to discuss the ongoing crisis at the southern border that Biden continues to ignore. Lankford is demanding Biden finish the border wall, enforce our laws, and stop allowing individuals to illegally cross our border, ent  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued a statement on the Biden Administration's final rule that will direct Title X Family Planning grants to abortion providers. "This step by President Biden is yet another example of how he is the most pro-abortion president in our nation's history," said Lankford. "It is illegal for Title X grants to be used for abortion, and under President Trump t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), co-chairmen of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, sent a letter to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to extend their congratulations in advance of Taiwan's upcoming 110th National Day (October 10). In addition to joining the citizens of Taiwan in celebration, the senators highlighted their enduring commitment to forti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) to lead a group of 38 Senators asking Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to address reports that thousands of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, were released into the interior of the US instead of facing removal as the Administration had previously pledged. The Senators wrote, "...we are concerned that DHS did not actually carry out  more