WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after President Joe Biden submitted his fiscal year 2023 budget request to Congress. "Although inflation continues to surge at a 40-year high and gas prices are the most expensive they have ever been, in his fiscal year 2023 budget request President Joe Biden still chose to double down  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) introduced a resolution today to address Article I and Article II of President Trump's first impeachment and confront the political absurdities on which they are based. This resolution proves the unconstitutionality of the articles and resolves to expunge the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. "This impeachment was an unimaginable abuse of   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following opening remarks on March 29, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today delivered opening remarks at a SASC hearing to receive testimony on the posture of United States European Command and United States Transportation Command. Witnesses include: General Tod Wolters, Commander, United States European Command/ North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Al  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following opening remarks on March 29, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today questioned witnesses at a SASC hearing to receive testimony on the posture of United States European Command and United States Transportation Command. Witnesses included: General Tod Wolters, Commander, United States European Command/ North Atlantic Treaty Organization Supreme Allied  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) led a letter today along with Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Braun (R-IN), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Boozman (R-AR), Rand Paul, M.D. (R-KY), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) to US Attorney General Merrick Garland to defend parents who advocate for their children. The Senators demand that Garland immediately and publicly rescind an October 4th memorandu  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today took on President Biden's weak foreign policies that have emboldened bad actors like Russia and Iran, even as the White House is currently working to re-instate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. Lankford cited how re-entering the deal only helps Iran become a nuclear power and creates additional national s  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: In a letter to his colleagues, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today addressed the chaos that is about to begin as early as tomorrow if the Biden Administration follows through with plans to lift Title 42 authority, which has been used to rapidly expel over 1.1 million illegal immigrants who crossed the southern border last year. When the Title 42 order is lifted, DHS is anticipating that  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committee, today announced that they have requested information on the effects of inflation on the Department of Defense budget from Pentagon leadership and the military services. "For the second year in a row, President Biden has submitted to Congress an inadequat  more