WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: Representative Stephanie Bice (R-OK-05) today introduced H.R. 6178, a bill to protect National Guard servicemembers from being discharged or having their pay withheld based on their COVID-19 vaccination status. This is the House companion of Sen. James Lankford's bill, S. 3299. This legislation comes on the heels of the Biden Administration's announcement last week of its intent to withho  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting in favor of HR 1155, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. "China's repeated and egregious human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Region cannot and will not continue to go unpunished. "China's human rights abuses extend far beyond the Uyghur population, but this is accountability measure is an important step. "The threat of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: U.S. Sen Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today voted against legislation that would create a pathway to suspend the nation's debt ceiling. "I could not vote for this debt limit workaround that would pave the way for funding Democrats' radical socialist agenda and threaten the filibuster," Inhofe said. "This is only setting Democrats up to continue their tax and spending spree. "This spree would r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to create a new process to increase the debt ceiling, which Lankford has been critical of for months saying Democrats should be responsible for their reckless spending: "I am strongly opposed to this new process and to raising the debt ceiling without any conversation about how to stop this out-of-control spending. T  more