WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support issued the following testimony by Angella Dancer, senior director of home visitation services of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, involving a hearing on March 16, 2022, entitled "Improving Family Outcomes Through Home Visiting": * * * Greetings on behalf of Chief Gary Batton and Assistant Chief Jack Austin, Jr., and it is my honor to testify on behalf of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. My name is Angella   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), member of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT), released the following statement after President Joe Biden's announced decision to release up to 180 million barrels of oil over the next several months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), amounting to approximately one million barrels per day, in an attempt to lower gas prices. This would be the largest release from the SPR in  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced a decision to release up to 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). "President Biden's decision to further tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to backfill the deficit in global oil yields is irresponsible, misguided, and will further jeopardize our national security as  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas led Republican floor debate on a Motion to Instruct House conferees on competitiveness legislation to ensure no funds from the legislation go to persons or entities of concern. The motion contains an important guardrail that ensures tax  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Feb. 17, 2022, confirmation hearing of Air Force, Army and Navy assistant secretaries: * * * Our nation's top military and intelligence leaders have told this committee that the world is more dangerous than at any point in our lifetimes. Just look at what Russia is doing to Ukraine right now. The 2018 National Defense Strategy provides a roadma  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today participated in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on domestic critical mineral supply chains and how we continue to source critical minerals here in the US and with our allies, rather than importing them from unfriendly nations like China. Lankford's questions focused on opening up domestic critical mineral mining and processing a  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) made the following statements after meeting with Judge Jackson, who has been nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: "While I enjoyed meeting Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and think she is a fine and decent person, I have sincere reservations with her nomination to serve a lifetime appointment on the  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) today issued the following statements after meeting with Judge Jackson, who was nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. "I've been clear about my position on Judge Jackson's judicial philosophy since I opposed her nomination to the DC Circuit Court last year," said Lankford. "A Supreme Cou  more