WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at an Oct. 13, 2021, hearing entitled "Domestic Violent Extremist Groups and the Recruitment of Veterans": * * * From Oklahoma City in 1994, to Fort Hood in 2009, to Thousand Oaks, CA in 2018, and even the assault on our own United States Capitol in January, misguided individuals have committed violence against their fellow citizens in pursuit of dis  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Stephanie Bice (OK-05) released the following statement after the House passed a rule that would raise the debt ceiling through the end of Fiscal Year 2022. Bice voted against the resolution for the second time. "Tonight's vote was just another Trojan Horse House Democrats are using to pass an increase to our nation's debt ceiling without actually having to vote on it. Instead of a dir  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2021: Ahead of the November meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26), the Republican members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee sent a letter to President Joe Biden today asking for information on how the Administration set its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the  more