WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on March 16, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech before the U.S. Congress and urged the Biden administration to send all available military aid to Ukraine as quickly as possible. "This morning began with one of the most moving speeches I've ever heard from a foreign leader. Hi  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan announced the launch of NSF's new Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships at South by Southwest. This new directorate -- NSF's first in more than 30 years -- builds upon the agency's commitment over seven decades to serve as a b  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) introduced H.R. 7083, the Make Russia Pay Act, a bill that would establish a "Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Fund" at Treasury into which seized Russian assets (physically in the US, or denominated in US dollars) would be liquidated and transferred. Russia's own central bank had about $100 billion of reserves held in U.S. dollars according to the most recent available dat  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a virtual address before a joint session of Congress. "For nearly three weeks now, the world has watched President Zelenskyy and thousands of brave Ukrainians heroically defend their home against a tyrant's attempted takeover," said Cole. "This morning, President Zelenskyy ad  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: The bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and U.S. Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA) and Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), announced their appointments, pursuant to Sec. 1687 of the   more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today pressed for answers on behalf of Oklahoma seniors on why drug prices remain high, especially as President Biden's 7.5-percent inflation and rising gas prices are now hitting seniors' pocketbooks faster and faster. In a Senate Finance Committee hearing entitled, "Prescription Drug Price Inflation: An Urgent Need to Lower Drug Prices in Medicare," Lankf  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) provided remarks following an address to the United States Congress from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and provided an update on practical ways the US and Americans can provide aid to Ukraine. Lankford responded on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and introduced the Never Yielding Europe's Territory (NYET) Act to provide the critical support Ukraine ne  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), the lead Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, today highlighted the importance of maintaining Title 42 authority to expel migrants at our southern border after we saw the highest numbers of border crossers in 20 years. Title 42 is a clause of the 1944 Public Health Service  more