WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced his budget proposal to Congress for FY 23. "Inflation is the number one issue facing our country," said Rep. Hern. "Instead of addressing this problem, Biden's budget proposal only increases the economic pressures that are suffocating American families. More spending is not the answer; we will never  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: Barely beginning his second year, President Joe Biden is already in the running for the most damaging administration to U.S. interests in quite some time. Under his watch, the terrorist-led Taliban has regained power in Afghanistan and Vladimir Putin has directed an unprovoked invasion against Russia's innocent neighbor in the most unjustified, brazen and destabilizing act of European aggression since World W  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Recently, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined fellow House Republicans voicing frustrations towards the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency's actions of issuing restrictive registrations on Enlist One and Enlist Duo. The Agency has also recently proposed a new registration process for new pesticide active ingredients that could severely limit producers' access to important pesticide  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following joint statement on reports of President Biden's forthcoming nuclear policy: * * * "If reports are accurate, President Biden's decision to cut key U.S. nuclear modernization programs is yet another example of this administration's inability to confront the dangerous reality of the strategic threats facing the Unit  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on March 28, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on President Biden's fiscal year 2023 budget request for national defense: "'To be prepared for war is the most effectual means of preserving the peace.' It was true in 1790 when President Washington said it, it was true in 1983 when President Reagan repeat  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) responded to President Biden's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2023: "A president's budget is simply a wish list for the upcoming year. Biden's wish list is more taxes, more spending, and no genuine proposal to solve our skyrocketing debt. "The lack of focus on lowering our debt and deficit perpetuates our nation's growing inflation rate and cost of living. "Everyone   more