WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) this week announced the addition of Captain Art Miller, who is serving as a legislative fellow in the D.C. office until the end of this year as part of the Department of Defense Legislative Fellow Program. A field artillery officer by trade, Captain Miller received artillery training at the Fourth District of Oklahoma's own Fort Sill Fires Center of Excellence between January to Ju  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) launched the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for students in Oklahoma's First District. The Congressional Art competition is a nationwide event that allows high school students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories to showcase their artistic ability. The winning piece of art from each Congressional district will be displayed in the U.S. Ca  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement in support of today's Supreme Court ruling upholding the stay on Biden's vaccine mandate for employers with over 100 employees. "Thanks to the careful consideration of the Supreme Court, this long national nightmare is hopefully coming to an end," said Rep. Hern. "I made my thoughts clear last fall when the mandate was announ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement following the release of December inflation statistics and their impact on small business optimism from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). "Biden's policies are directly harming small businesses," said Rep. Hern. "Expansion of the welfare state, overreaching government mandates, and out of control federal spending are cri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement on the Consumer Price Index showing an additional 0.5% increase in December for a YOY increase of more than 7%, the highest rate of inflation since 1982. "First, President Biden told us inflation wasn't a big deal," said Rep. Hern. "Then, it was a temporary thing. Now, as many of us predicted, it's a full-blown disaster impacting every singl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on President Biden's federal vaccine mandate on private businesses. "Today's Supreme Court ruling affirms what every Oklahoman has believed for months and what I've told my neighbors since the President's executive order was drafted, President Biden's federal vaccine mandate  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSRes) -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2022: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas praised $8.4 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells. "Oklahoma, and the United States as a whole, has tremendous potential to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2022: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03), Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, praised the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s announcement awarding $1.7 million to the University of Oklahoma to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells. "Oklahoma, and the United States as a whole, has tremendous potential to utilize its geoth  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses at a hearing on the Water Resource Development Act Oversight: USACE Implementation of Water Infrastructure Projects, Programs and Priorities. Witnesses included: the Honorable Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Scott Spell  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and a group of their Republican colleagues to send a letter demanding answers from US Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on reports that he played a key role in orchestrating a letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) that called concerned parents "domestic terrorists." "The National School Boards As  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and John Thune (R-SD), and eight of their colleagues to introduce the Inflation Prevention Act (IPA) to help combat inflationary spending. Due to record government spending over the last two years, many Americans face rapidly rising costs of consumer goods. This bill would bar legislation estimated to increase inflation until the   more