WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on July 18, 2022, at a hearing on the Right to Contraception Act (H.R. 8393), a six-bill appropriations package (H.R. 8294) and Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404): * * * During today's hearing we will be covering three bills. The first I'll address is H.R. 8393, the Right to Contraception Act. The bill would create a right for individuals to obtain and use co  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8294, a package of six of the 12 annual appropriations bill titles for fiscal year 2023. Cole voted against the legislation. "While I am always encouraged to see the appropriations process moving, the fiscal year 2023 pack  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against HR 8294, the Democrats' partisan funding package. "Again, I voted against further bloated spending from the federal government," said Rep. Hern. "Congressional Democrats have learned nothing over the last two years - or worse, they're willfully driving inflation higher with every new spending bill. I offe  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following statement on July 19, 2022: * * * House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) released a statement on the Senate vote to proceed with consideration of legislation to invest in the federal research enterprise and support domestic semiconductor production. The bill, which has frequently been referred to as C  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 19, 2022: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee joined Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (MI-06) in sending a letter to Democrat Chairman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) to request a hearing on the Biden Administration's mismanagement of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and to address recent reports that millions of barrels of  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined a group of 26 lawmakers in a letter urging Acting National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak to expand funding opportunities for research in osteopathic medicine. Osteopathic physicians have expertise in the musculoskeletal system and receive additional training in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), a hands-on technique and no  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on July 20, 2022: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued a statement after he supported a budget resolution that aims to balance government spending and revenues over 10 years without having to raise taxes on Americans. The motion failed by a vote of 34 to 63. "While Americans are struggling to pay for food at the grocery store and gas for their cars, more than half the Senate wants to keep spendi  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 20, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Border Management Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee with jurisdiction over the southern border, today laid out what he heard directly from law enforcement at the border and what he's hearing from their national leadership in Washington, DC, which is that the Biden Administration   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 20, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Border Management Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee with jurisdiction over the southern border, called out the Biden Administration on the Senate floor about Biden's wide open southern border that is threatening the security of Americans, particularly those he spoke to last week   more