WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03), U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, and U.S. Senator James Lankford introduced the HARMON Oklahoma Act, a bill that would ensure Harmon Memorial Hospital, a rural hospital in Hollis, Okla., can remain open. This bill is the next step in a long list of efforts the members have engaged on in an attempt to help prevent Harmon from closing. "As more and more rural hospital  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) pressed the intelligence community on the number of Americans left stranded in Afghanistan and the State Department's inability to get them out in a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing today. The panel included: Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence; William Burns, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; Ronald Mou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) highlighted the need to increase the number of American Indian and Alaskan Native professionals in America's health care workforce during a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing yesterday. It is estimated that America's workforce will decline by over 20 percent due to President Biden's vaccine mandates, which will further minimize thi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), virtually congratulated McCloud residents David and KC Koonce and their family for receiving the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute's "Angels in Adoption" award. Over the past four years, the Koonce family has adopted three children and fostered 19 children, all the while seeking to keep siblings together throughout their journey in the foster care sy  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) participated in a hearing with the Senate Committee Indian Affairs as they discussed a bill that is included in the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act that would give President Biden's Department Justice control over our elections. Lankford has long been outspoken that Democrats' attempt to federalize elections comes with significant negative consequences on our nation'  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today served as lead Republican in a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management entitled, "Strategies for Improving Critical Energy Infrastructure," which examined the importance of grid reliability and ensuring we have an adequate energy supply while Oklahomans await rumored hi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) introduced S. 3085, the HARMON Oklahoma Act, that would ensure Harmon Memorial Hospital, a rural hospital in Hollis, Okla., can remain open. This bill is the next step in a long list of efforts the members have engaged on in an attempt to help prevent Harmon from closing. "Harmon Hospital in Hollis, Okla., need  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) to introduce the Helping Account for Rural Medical Outpatient Needs in Oklahoma (HARMON) Oklahoma Act, that would ensure Harmon Memorial Hospital, a rural hospital in Hollis, OK, can remain open. This bill is the next step in a long list of efforts the members have engaged on to help p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), co-chairs of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, today commemorated the third anniversary of the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the deadliest attack on the Jewish American community in US history. "Today we remember the tragedy of the deadly attack against the Jewish community at t  more