WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following opening statement on July 21, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today gave an opening statement at a hearing to consider the nominations of Lieutenant General Michael E. Langley, to be general and Commander, United States Africa Command, and Lieutenant General Bryan P. Fenton, to be general and Commander, United States Special Operations Command. As Pr  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of Senate Armed Services Committee, questioned two key military nominees about U.S. national security priorities in Africa. The nominees included Lieutenant General Michael E. Langley, to be general and Commander, United States Africa Command, and Lieutenant General Bryan P. Fenton, to be general and Commander, United States Special Operations Command. Inh  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on July 21, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, was joined by 12 Republican Senators to introduce the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act, a bill to prohibit the federal government from using the flawed social cost of carbon, social cost of methane, social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas metri  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 21, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), lead Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, today sent a letter to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus demanding further details regarding due process for Border Patrol agents following an incident involving their Horse Patrol Unit in De  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced legislation to ensure that guidance, instructions, and other public information published by the federal government is written in plain language. The bill updates existing laws to expand the types of information agencies must publish publicly in plain writing. "Government is confusing enough. The least an agency can do is to speak plainly.   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: The Senate passed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2022. The bill, introduced by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Jim Risch (R-ID), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Chris Coons (D-DE), would reauthorize USCIRF through fiscal year 2024. The bill now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives. The United States Commission o  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 21, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and their colleagues to send a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona criticizing the Administration's proposed changes to Title IX and urging an extension of the public comment period by 30 days. Joining the letter were Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Braun (R-IN), Bi  more