WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks at a Feb. 28, 2022, hearing on the Honoring Our PACT Act (H.R. 3967): * * * Our hearing today covers a single item, H.R. 3967, the Honoring Our PACT Act. H.R. 3967 is intended to help toxic-exposed veterans get the health care they need and deserve. This has been a longstanding problem that both Republicans and Democrats are committed to addressing. Unfortuna  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: Last week, the world watched in horror as Vladimir Putin effectively declared war and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, with Russia's launch of the largest military operation in Europe since World War II more than 75 years ago, it has become abundantly clear that for decades the United States and our North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have seriously miscalculated the audacity and  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address this evening before a joint session of Congress. "At such a perilous time in the history of the world, I was encouraged that President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address to further condemn Vladimir Putin's unprovoked aggression and to commit additional let  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, recently introduced H.R. 6786, the Consumer Education on Law Enforcement Resources Act, to support victims of online attacks, including instances of doxing and posting explicit photos without consent for revenge. "Protecting the privacy of Americans online is more important than   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) released the following statement after U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe announced he would retire from the U.S. Senate. "Senator Inhofe has dedicated his life to serving our state and our country," Mullin said. "Serving in both chambers of both our state and federal governments, he has been a strong and steady voice for Oklahomans every step of the way. "His accomplishments  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Feb. 8, 2022, confirmation hearing of Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla to be commander of the U.S. Central Command: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, General Kurilla, for your willingness to continue your distinguished service to our nation. General Kurilla, if confirmed, you will take command of a region where terrorist groups increasingly  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Feb. 15, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Reed, and thanks to our witnesses for being with us and for their willingness to serve the nation. We've got quite a few challenges facing us, including in your areas of responsibility. While the world is watching Beijing host the Olympics and whitewash an ongoing genocide, China ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) responded to President Biden's 2022 State of the Union address: The speech we heard from President Biden tonight was just that -- talk. I am incredibly disappointed in this administration's continued harm of Oklahomans and America. It is clear that under President Biden, the state of our union is not as strong as it should be. President Biden's foreign policy and national  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following remarks on March 1, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today submitted the following remarks for the record at a SASC hearing on global security challenges and strategy. Heather Conley, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Roger Zakheim, director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, testified. As Submitt  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the following statement as oil and gas prices surge amidst Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Vladimir Putin's unprecedented, unwarranted and unprovoked attack on the people of Ukraine is spilling the blood of both military members and civilians, and wreaking havoc across Europe and the world. The resulting instabili  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today raised his intense and complete opposition to Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) appalling, tone-deaf vote this week on the so-called "Women's Health Protection Act," which Lankford says is more accurately described as a bill to allow unlimited abortions on demand until birth. To quote the bill itself, it would "permit health care providers to provide abort  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) offered his reaction to President Biden's State of the Union address to the nation. Lankford laid out his questions, answers, and concerns from the President's speech in his reaction on Facebook Live following the address. Lankford highlighted how "audacious" it was that President Biden would talk about border security with the many areas of lack of law enforcement of our bo  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), John Cornyn (R-TS), John Thune (R-SS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Joni Ernst (R-IA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Steve Daines (R-MT), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Mike Braun (R-IN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jim Risch  more