WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Aug. 8, 2022: Since President Joe Biden was sworn into office nearly two years ago, prices have skyrocketed, workers' wages have shrunk and the U.S. supply chain and labor force have suffered. The accumulation of all of this led to a decline in Gross Domestic Product during the first and second quarters of 2022, which constitutes a recession. Although Democrats introduced and passed in the Senate their decept  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 8, 2022: * * * House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Republicans, led by Ranking Member Frank Lucas, wrote to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm today requesting overdue answers on an oversight request about the Department's new Clean Energy Corps. The Republicans first wrote DOE in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today voted against Senate Democrats' more than $1 trillion tax and spending bill: "Democrats under Joe Biden have spent trillions, creating the worst inflation in over four decades, and now their answer to this disaster of their own making is to tax us into a recession. Yet again, their response to current spiraling inflation caused by their out-of-cont  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced an amendment to Democrats' tax and spending spree, named the "Inflation Reduction Act," even though there is no clear evidence that the bill will reduce inflation. Lankford's amendment would take $1 million out of the Affordable Care Act slush fund for FY 2023 and use it to maintain Title 42 authority. "Title 42 authority is the last line of d  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today took his Democrat colleagues to task on their so-called "Inflation Reduction Act," which Lankford reinforced time and time again in his remarks does not reduce inflation and does not decrease the deficit. Instead, Lankford says this massive tax-and-spend spree will lead to increased taxes on virtually every American, a potential 17-percent increase in nat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today offered an amendment to the Democrats' so-called "Inflation Reduction Act" of 2022 to exempt traditional energy cost recovery allowances, including percentage depletion, intangible drilling costs, geological and geophysical expenditures, natural gas gathering lines, and others from the book minimum tax. Lankford continues to push for measures to ensure tr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today opposed Democrats' so-called "Inflation Reduction Act" of 2022. Lankford, ahead of a series of amendment votes referred to as a vote-a-rama, spoke on the Senate floor to reinforce that the Inflation Reduction Act does not reduce inflation and does not decrease the deficit. The bill passed by a vote of 50-50, with the Vice President breaking the tie. "A b  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today offered an amendment to Democrats' tax and spending spree, named the "Inflation Reduction Act," even though there is no clear evidence that the bill will reduce inflation. The amendment would take $1 million out of the Affordable Care Act slush fund for FY 2023 and use it to maintain Title 42 authority. The bill failed by a vote of 50-50. Lankford is lea  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 9 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) to introduce the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act, legislation to prevent contraband cellphone use in federal and state prison facilities by allowing state and federal prisons to use cell phone jamming systems. The bill gives state and federal prisons the authority to implement a jamming system to protect inmates, guards, and the publi  more