WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Karen Orsi, director of the Oklahoma Mental Health and Aging Coalition, involving a hearing on May 12, 2022, entitled "Healthy Aging: Maximizing the Independence, Well-being, and Health of Older Adults": * * * As the body ages, the focus is naturally on physical health, mobility, chronic disease, medications, pain, nutrition and cogni  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today questioned expert witnesses at a hearing entitled "Revoking Your Rights: The Ongoing Crisis in Abortion Care Access." In his questions, Congressman Cohen said an effort is under way to outlaw abortion in all 50 states, and continued: "If the Senate and the House become Republican, that will happen. It will be outlawed here i  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) led 28 of his Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution to expunge the second impeachment of President Donald J. Trump. This resolution addresses the absurdities on which the lone article of impeachment was based and the blatant misconduct of Democrats in failing to follow any meaningful legislative process whatsoever. "Democrats used their second impeachment  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned the Honorable Martha Williams, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), on the conservation efforts of the lesser prairie chicken. Inhofe previously sent a letter to the Service questioning the pending proposal to list the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act (  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Alex Padilla (D-Ca.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) praised the passage of S. Res. 641, a bipartisan resolution they introduced designating the week of May 15 through May 21, 2022, as National Public Works Week. The resolution encourages the public to recog  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today called out the Biden Administration for their double-speak on traditional US energy production, saying they want to eliminate US supply but they want prices to go down, which Lankford says is "not how that works." Lankford stood up for Oklahoma families who continue to pay more and more for everything as a result of higher energy costs created by the Bide  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) along with Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), introduced a bill that would require President Biden to submit a report to Congress within 30-days detailing the steps the Administration is taking to end the infant formula shortage. "The Biden Administration has another crisis of their own making on their hands," said Lankford. "In a public statement this week,  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and 51 of his Senate colleagues penned a letter to President Biden to urge the Administration's inclusion of Taiwan as a partner in the proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). In addition to recognizing Taiwan's importance to the US as an important trading partner, the Senators underscored that failing to include Taiwan in IPEF runs counter to US economic interests in  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and their colleagues to offer a resolution to lift bureaucratic shipping restrictions and expedite food aid to Ukraine right away as the US and the world experience an emerging food crisis resulting from Russia's lawless war. Lankford and Ernst are joined in introducing the resolution by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Dick  more