WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on July 13, 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 rule covers several major items. The first item I'll discuss, H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, is of  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The legislation authorizes funding for our nation's military personnel, readiness and operations and includes provisions that support the missions at Tinker Air Force Bas  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01), chairman of the Healthy Future Task Force Subcommittee on Affordability, unveiled the Subcommittee's solutions to make health care more accessible and affordable alongside Task Force members Rick Allen (GA-12) and Victoria Spartz (IN-05). The Subcommittee's proposals intend to lower the cost of health insurance and overall care by increasing competition, transparency, and ch  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2023. Lucas supported the legislation. "Today, the House is continuing its 62-year tradition of passing a bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act that ensures our military has the equipment, tools, and training we need to combat th  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), member of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee, questioned a witness on Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster resources, specifically for rural communities. The witness is Mr. Francisco Sanchez Jr., Associate Administrator of the Office of Disaster Assistance of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Inhofe: Thank you, Mr. C  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today raised concerns in a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on protecting the US from unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and instituting counter-drone processes, particularly at our southern border. Lankford emphasized the need for agencies to collaborate to enhance counter-drone efforts and to ensure we have the technology we ne  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and their colleagues to introduce the No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act to ensure that reserves sold from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) are not exported to adversarial nations like China. Joining Lankford and Cruz in the bill's introduction were Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Joh  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today objected on the Senate floor to a bill proposed by the Democrats to promote traveling across state lines to obtain an abortion - from a state that protects life to a state that neglects it and create workarounds for state laws to shield the abortion industry and abortionists from laws that protect life. Currently, no state has banned interstate travel f  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 14, 2022: The Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led by ranking member U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), yesterday sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting justification for a recent assertion from a top Department of Defense (DoD) official that the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization would significantly affec  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), along with Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Steve Daines (R-MT) sent a letter to National Education Association (NEA) President Becky Pringle demanding answers on the NEA's plan to spend $140,000 to create an "enemies list" in an attempt to undermine parents and teachers, push CRT, and encourage revisionist biology in schools. "We writ  more