WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks: * * * Today's rule covers three items. The first item is a bill to ban imports of Russian oil into the United States and to impose additional sanctions following Russia's unprovoked and unjust invasion of Ukraine. Madam Speaker, although I will be supporting this bill, I cannot help but feel that this is a half measure and a missed opportunity to exhibit unif  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks: * * * Our second rule of the day now covers four items. As we discussed earlier, the first item is a bill to ban imports of Russian oil into the United States and to impose additional sanctions following Russia's unprovoked and unjust invasion of Ukraine. Although I will be supporting this bill, it is a missed opportunity to exhibit unified support on immedi  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: Earlier today, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) President Dr. Diana Lovell and SWOSU Center for Rural Health Director Dr. Randy Curry announcing a $1 million United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Distance Learning & Telemedicine grant awarded to the SWOSU College of Pharmacy Rural Health Center. The award will   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Finance Committee with jurisdiction over the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), joined Senator Jon Tester (R-MT) led a bipartisan group of 30 Senators in urging CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to stop all retroactive direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees, a commonsense reform that could reduce seniors' out-of-pocket drug   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Senator James Lankford's (R-OK) statement on the US House of Representatives FY2022 funding bill that is a 2,700 plus page bill and costs more than $1.5 trillion. "The budget process in Congress is so broken that only four Members of leadership negotiate a 2,700 plus page bill that costs more the $1.5 trillion and is released with less than 12 hours for House members to read it. "No Member of Congr  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and their colleagues introduced the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act , which among other provisions, would require abortion providers to perform an obstetric ultrasound and make audible the live heartbeat of an unborn baby before a woman gives informed consent to an abortion. "Pregnant mothers should have access to as much inform  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) recently introduced legislation to rename an Owasso, Okla., post office the ''Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building." TSgt. Marshal Roberts, who was raised in Owasso, was one of two Americans killed in action in an overnight rocket attack in Iraq on March 11, 2020, during his service with the 219th Engineering Installation S  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to share their concerns on the efforts to re-implement the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, or 'Remain in Mexico' policy. Lankfor  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) introduced legislation to rename an Owasso, OK, post office the ''Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building." TSgt. Marshal Roberts, who was raised in Owasso was one of two Americans killed in action in an overnight rocket attack in Iraq on March 11, 2020, during his service with the 219th Engineering Installation Squadron, a  more