WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: With summer just around the corner and many Oklahomans planning to go on vacations, now is a good time for review of the process for obtaining or renewing passports. If you plan to travel abroad in the coming weeks and months, please use the information below pertinent to this process. First, it is important to apply for your passport as soon as possible in case delays arise. Know that it routinely takes eight  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) sent a letter to President Biden demanding answers from his administration following their failure to respond to his previous questioning on Title 42. On April 7, Mullin led four Republican colleagues in outlining the consequences of the disastrous decision to repeal Title 42 and urging the administration to release their plan on how they will handle the e  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today gave an opening statement at a nomination hearing to consider General Christopher Cavoli's reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States European Command (EUCOM) and Supreme Court Allied Commander, Europe. Inhofe: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank you and General Cavoli f  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: During Military Appreciation Month, U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Angus King (I-Maine) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) introduced the Military Spouse Employment Act, which provides federal agencies clear authority to hire military spouses who already want to serve their country to fully remote positions. With a fully remote position, the military spouse can maintain federal emplo  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on May 26, 2022: As he prepares to travel to the southern border, Senator James Lankford (R-OK), the lead Republican on the Border Management Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today spoke in support of a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to dissolve a proposed Biden Administration rule that would illegally upend the p  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: During Military Appreciation Month, Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, along with Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Angus King (I-ME), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced the Military Spouse Employment Act, which provides federal agencies clear authority to hire military spouses who   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on May 26, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and his Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee wrote to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Chuck Rettig raising concerns and questions about the IRS's destruction of an estimated 30 million paper-filed documents in March 2021 reportedly due to a backlog in processing paper documents. A Treasury Inspector General for Tax Admini  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on Oklahoma's complete ban on abortion, which was signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt Wednesday and takes effect immediately. The law is the strictest abortion ban in the nation and is enfor  more