| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Saturday March 19, 2022 ( 5 items ) |
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House Rules Committee Ranking Member Cole: 'Proxy Voting & Remote Committee Procedures Have Changed the Nature of Institution'
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022:
As delivered during today's Member Day hearing on proxy voting and remote committee proceedings as established by H. Res. 965 of the 116th Congress:
We are here today to hold a Member Day hearing on proxy voting and remote committee procedures.
In May 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the House took unprecedented action and
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Sen. Inhofe Joins Daines, Colleagues to Demand Answers From Biden Admin on Second Amendment Infringement
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined Sen. Steve Daines and a group of 24 other senators in demanding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) provide answers on recent actions to infringe on Americans' Second Amendment rights by preventing law-abiding citizens from creating and owning suppressors.
In a letter to the ATF, the senators wrote, "These continued assaults of the Second
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Sen. Inhofe Joins Sen. Rubio, Colleagues in Effort to Nullify Biden Administration Rule, Stop Federal Grants to Abortion Providers
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022:
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and 31 other Republican Senators to introduce a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden Administration's 2021 Final Rule on the Title X Family Planning Program, which reversed the Trump Administration's 2019 ban on federal funding to entities that provide abortion referrals to pregna
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Sen. Lankford Wants Increase for Border Patrol Agents' Overtime Pay
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 19 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Senators James Lankford (R-OK), John Cornyn (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Border Patrol Pay Security Act to ensure Border Patrol agents earn similar overtime compensation already offered to other federal law enforcement agents. The bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to allow Border Patrol agents to receive overtime compensation in line with
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Sens. Lankford, Daines & Colleagues Press ATF for Answers on Infringement of 2nd Amendment Rights
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 19 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Steve Daines (R-MT) led 24 of their colleagues in demanding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) provide answers on recent actions that infringe on Americans' Second Amendment rights by preventing law-abiding citizens from creating and owning suppressors.
In a letter to the ATF, the senators wrote, "These continued assaults of the
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