WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) and Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) introduced the Save America's Valuable Energy Act. This legislation ensures that crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve does not flow to companies that are headquartered in countries listed under the State Department's Defense Trade Control Country Policies List, which includes: Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Venezue  more

CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and a July 18, 2022, letter: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Representatives Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting information about USDA's process for compiling data and reporting on foreign purchases of U.S. agricultural land. Foreign ownership of domestic agricultural land has risen sharply in rec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) recently introduced the Funding Affordable Internet with Reliable (FAIR) Contributions Act to study the impact big streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have on rural network costs and availability. This legislation would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a study into the current and projected demands on rural broad  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: For several months, Americans have grown increasingly nervous that our nation's economy was heading toward recession. Unfortunately, those fears became a reality last week when the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined for a second consecutive quarter, which constitutes an economic recession. Although President Joe Biden continues to deny our nation has reached the poi  more