WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued the following information for a virtual hearing entitled "Healthy Aging: Maximizing the Independence, Well-being, and Health of Older Adults" at 10 a.m. on May 12, 2022: Witnesses * Robert B. Blancato, National Coordinator, Elder Justice Coalition * Patricia Lyons, President and CEO, Senior Citizens, Inc. * Karen Orsi, Director, Oklahoma Mental Health and Aging Coalition * Dr. Martha B. Pelaez, Board Member, National Council on   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) joined Western Caucus Chairman Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Chief Marshal of the Quapaw Nation Charles Addington, Former Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney, and Washington State Rep. Gina Mosbrucker on the Western Caucus podcast, "A Voice for Rural America," to discuss the actions being pursued by federal, state, local, and Tribal governments to address t  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following opening remarks on May 5, 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 on the Army's fiscal year 2023 budget request. Inhofe: Thank you, Chairman Reed. I join you in welcoming our witnesses. I had an opportunity, and have in the past, several times, of getting to know them quite well, and I appreciate the efforts th  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today questioned the Honorable Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, and the Honorable General James McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, on how the budget supports the end-strength of the Army and on munitions preparedness. Inhofe: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I always like to start off when we  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today demanded answers on Biden's wide open border from members of his Administration at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing entitled, "Securing and Ensuring Order on the Southwest Border." Yesterday, Lankford grilled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Mayorkas about his lack of meaningful work to address the chaos at the b  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), a member of the Senate Finance Committee with jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid, reintroduced the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act to remove the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) ban on the creation and expansion of physician-owned hospitals (POHs). Lankford's bill would allow POHs to participate in Medicare and Medicaid as well as increase competition among ho  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) in a letter urging Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to reconsider Russia's status as a market economy within the meaning of the anti-dumping (AD) law of the Tariff Act of 1930. Although the Commerce Department classified Russia as a market economy in 2002, Russia has backslid in recent years towards less and less of a free market economy. No  more