| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Saturday April 02, 2022 ( 5 items ) |
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Rep. Lucas Applauds $3M CARES Act Grant Serving Northwestern and Central Oklahoma Counties
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Southwestern Intermediary Finance Team, Inc. (SWIFT), Weatherford, Oklahoma, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will provide critical gap financing to businesses adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across 23 Oklahoma c
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Sen. Inhofe Meets With Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association in Washington
WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) met with the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association this week in Washington. Their discussion ranged from the importance of pushing back against the Biden administration's regulatory overreach at the EPA to current events facing cattle markets.
"The Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association has a long history of fighting for Oklahoma's cattle ranchers and I always look forward to their W
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Sen. Lankford Says Reversing Anti-Energy Policies Is the Real Solution to Lower Gas Prices, Not Pulling Emergency Oil Reserves
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 1, 2022:
Senator James Lankford (R-OK), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced it would release 1 million barrels of oil per day for six months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to attempt to address high gas prices:
"Apparently President Biden just discovered that the American econ
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Sen. Lankford, Colleagues Call on Department of State to End Involvement With the United Nations Human Rights Council for Probe of Israel
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 1, 2022:
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) led a letter today along with Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge the US to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The Senators made the request to end the membership after the UNHRC has indicated it will not eliminate its official investigation
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Sen. Lankford, Republicans Demand Treasury Engage With Congress on International Tax Agreement
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and his Senate Finance Committee Republican colleagues again wrote to US Treasury Department Secretary Janet Yellen to highlight the lack of engagement with Congress on the Department's international tax agreement. The senators note that Treasury has consistently failed to consult Congress in any meaningful way, nor has it provided the requested data and analysis
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