WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) this week introduced the Can't Cancel Your Own Debt Act. This legislation would disqualify members of Congress from participating in federal programs enacted during their tenure to cancel student loans - whether established by executive order, agency action or an Act of Congress. It would also bar members of Congress from any service- or employment-based student loan cancellation fo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) gave the following statement after the announcement of January's inflation report. "As it has in every month since Joe Biden took office, inflation rose again last month, this time to a whopping 7.5%." said Rep. Hern. "These prices are suffocating American families and severely hindering our economic recovery. What's worse, instead of trying to ease the inflationary pressur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas, Research and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Stephanie Bice, and Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Jay Obernolte sent a letter () to President Biden today raising concerns about the conduct of Dr. Jane Lubchen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works committee, questioned witnesses at a legislative hearing to examine S.2373, the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act and S.1290, the STRANDED Act. Witnesses included: David Knabel, Director of Accounts and Finance, City of Zion, IL; Armond Cohen, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force; Maria Ko  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, raised his opposition to and concerns with three pending Biden nominees he sees as pushing their own climate-change or anti-traditional energy agenda when their posts would be specifically responsible for overseeing oil, gas, and minerals development in the US. This development is needed to help   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following opening remarks on Feb. 10, 2022: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) served as lead Republican of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) on behalf of ENR Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY) and delivered remarks during a full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges in using clean hydrogen in the transportation, utility, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors. The he  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the Natural Immunity Transparency Act, which requires the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide critical data to Congress on the efficacy of natural immunity from COVID-19. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the companion legislation in the House of Representatives. "The Biden Administration is so obsessed with t  more