WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act. This legislation would limit non-emergency drawdowns of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and require increases in oil and gas production on federal lands to offset future drawdowns of this reserve. Cole supported the legislation. "Draining our nation's Strategic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), who was sworn in for his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month, released the following statement after his committee and leadership assignments were finalized for the 118th Congress. Cole will serve as Chairman of the House Rules Committee, which is a procedural panel that considers every major piece of legislation before it reaches the House floor.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Josh Brecheen announced today his selection to serve on the House Committee on Homeland Security and the House Budget Committee for the 118th Congress. "It is an honor to serve on both the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Budget Committee," said Congressman Josh Brecheen. "Right now, our nation is suffering from two major crises: our national debt and an invasion on the Southern Bo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2023: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement today after he was appointed to the House Committee on Financial Services Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Subcommittee, as well as the Subcommittee on Capital Markets: "I'm excited in the 118th Congress I'll be returning to the Financial Services' Capital Markets Subcommittee- and joining the newly created   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and 23 of their Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Biden expressing opposition to a debt-ceiling hike without real structural spending reforms that reduces deficit spending. The Senators expressed their intention to abide by the policy of the Senate Republican conference, which states that "any increase in the debt ceiling must  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Jan. 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Chris Coons (D-DE) today were joined by 28 Senate colleagues in reintroducing a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States' support for the Iranian citizens who have taken to t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) sent a letter to Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requesting information about how the Administration handled scientific integrity violations by a high-level OSTP official. Dr. Jane Lubchenco serves as  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2023, and letter: Yesterday, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and 193 House Republicans in sending a letter strongly opposing the Biden Administration's recent "waters of the United States" rule. The Members demand the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rescind the rule and postpone any subsequent   more