WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after Dr. Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless announced that he will step down as Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on April 29. "I am saddened to hear of the upcoming departure of Dr. Ned Sharpless from the National Cancer Institute," said Cole. "His advocacy for and leadership in canc  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following opening remarks on April 7, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today questioned top defense officials about their recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2023 defense budget. Witnesses included: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley; and Michael McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Inhofe: Thank y  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following remarks on April 7, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today reiterated the need for defense budget that provides 5 percent real growth above current levels at a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2023 budget request for the Department of Defense. Witnesses included: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley; a  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) made the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Judge Jackson to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: "Today, I voted against confirming Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court," Inhofe said. "While I believe that Judge Jackson is a fine person, her record lends itself to an all but certain future of ju  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources and Finance Committees, today voted to impose an embargo on Russian energy products and suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus in response to Moscow's ongoing aggression with the people of Ukraine. Sadly, 10.6 million Ukrainians have been displaced due to Russia's war crimes. Lankford secure  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today opposed the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Lankford spoke on the Senate floor to outline his concerns with Judge Jackson and why he opposed her nomination. Lankford met with Judge Jackson last week and announced he would oppose her confirmation. T  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Border Management Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Chair of the Border Management Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Thune (R-SD), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jon Tester (  more