WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index for June, showing inflation is 9.1% higher than last year and wages are down 4.8% since the start of Biden's presidency. "Inflation continues to ravage American consumers and families," said Rep. Hern. "The Biden Administration keeps breaking all the wrong records, but re  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on July 12, 2022, at a hearing on the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7900), Women's Health Protection Act (H.R 8296), Ensuring Access to Abortion Act (H.R. 8297), and Honoring Our PACT Act (S. 3373): * * * Today's hearing covers four items. The first I'll discuss is a bipartisan committee product, H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK), Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), and Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) introduced a bill that will improve our ability to capture and store greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. Land use like a  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined bicameral legislation, the Unborn Child Support Act, led by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.-04), to give mothers the ability to receive child support payments while they are pregnant. "I am proud to join Sen. Cramer in introducing the Unborn Child Support Act and standing true to what being pro-life means: protecting life beginning at concept  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 13, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined 18 Senate colleagues in sending a letter, led by Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), to Doug McKalip, President Biden's nominee to be the United States Trade Representative's (USTR) chief agricultural negotiator. The senators point out the Biden administration's disastrous trade policies that have weakened Americ  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 13, 2022: As tens of millions face starvation worldwide due to Putin's war on Ukraine, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined a bipartisan group of 11 of his colleagues in a letter, led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), seeking accountability from USAID for failing to deliver the more than $10 billion in aid Congress sent to help. Recognizing the acute need for shelter, medicine, and food bo  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA), and their colleagues to introduce the Unborn Child Support Act, which gives moms the option to receive child support payments from the moment of their child's conception. "Now that decisions regarding how to protect life were returned to the people's elected representatives through the Supreme Court's de  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today called out the Biden Administration and Democrat policies for today's updated inflation rate of 9.1 percent, a new 40-year high, as well as record-high gas and food prices Oklahomans are paying. At a Senate Republican press conference today, Lankford discussed how alike the events unfolding today, including President Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia to beg  more