WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Ways & Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Acting Ranking Member Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (OH-02) led a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting information on federally funded programs available to pregnant women & parents of young children. "In the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, it is imperative that we not onl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on Dec. 5, 2022, at a hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404), EAGLE Act (H.R. 3648) and Veteran Service Recognition Act (H.R. 7946): * * * During today's hearing, we will be covering three bills. The first I'll discuss is the Senate Amendment to H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act. This bill will be somewhat familiar to this committee given tha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 5, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling out a major lack of transparency regarding the expected migrant surge following the termination of Title 42. DHS has Shared Conflicting Information with Congress "DHS recently shared 25 pages of information with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (H  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Dec. 5, 2022: * * * Democrats Dragging Their Feet As we near the end of the year, it reminds us of the need for and importance of finishing important legislative work in both chambers of Congress. In fact, there are still several necessary items left to complete, and lawmakers must come together and finish the remaining work. First, Congress needs to provide full-year funding, or appropriations, for the fe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: Last week, the Western Caucus Foundation hosted the annual Winter Field Tour and Policy Roundtable in Las Vegas, Nevada, with over a dozen Western Caucus Members, nearly 40 congressional staff, and numerous stakeholders. "Over the past two years, Western Caucus Members have served as a voice for rural America, and we have had the opportunity to travel across the United States to hear from these communitie  more