WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: Since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, he has waged an all-out war on American energy and unfortunately the American people are paying the price. In fact, gas prices have more than doubled in just two years, and it is estimated that the average American is spending more than $2,000 extra a year on fuel. However, instead of using the resources here in our own country to bring relief to the American pe  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), joined 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 metrics in the rulemaking process. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) introduced companion legislat  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to introduce the Protect Our Children's Schools Act to enhance school safety and prevent school-based violence. The legislation would allow schools to use unspent previously appropriated federal COVID-19 education-related funding to improve school security. Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives. "Sc  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) was joined by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) to introduce legislation to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use existing funds to offset the cost of inflation to build a 275,000-square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital in Tulsa, which is set to be complete in late 2023 and open for patients in late 2024. "Once completed, the new and reno  more