WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on June 8, 2022: * * * Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives adopted H. Res. 1153, a procedural resolution which included a provision to deem passage of H. Res. 1151, providing for budget allocations. This allowed House Democrats to bypass debate and a separate vote on a just introduced budget for fiscal year 2023. "As inflation rages and gas prices h  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Our Kids Act, a package of critical, common sense gun safety measures: "The mass shootings we've seen over the past few weeks - at a grocery store in Buffalo, a medical clinic in Oklahoma, and an elementary school in Texas - are more than heartbreaking. They have highlighted the   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against HR 2377 and HR 7910. "My constituents have made their feelings incredibly clear: they are overwhelmingly opposed to any attempt by President Biden and Congressional Democrats to take away our 2nd Amendment rights," said Rep. Hern. "I fully support my constituents in these beliefs. The legislation before the House today is   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on June 8, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), the lead Republican on the Border Management Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, recently traveled to the southern border in Yuma, Arizona to assess the challenges facing border law enforcement and the legislative action necessary to close loopholes in our border security and immigration processes. On the  more