WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Stephanie Bice (OK-05) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act. "President Biden has weakened America's energy security in an attempt to temporarily lower gas prices leading up to the 2022 election," Rep. Bice said. "Oklahomans deserve more than political games. H.R. 21 is a step toward allowing America   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act, which limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Energy develops a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. This vote follows the first open amendment process in the House in seven  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on Jan. 30, 2023, at a Rules Committee 118th Congress organizational meeting: * * * We are here for the adoption of the committee rules and other business related to the organization of the committee for the 118th Congress. Before we begin today's organizational meeting, I wanted to take a minute to welcome everyone to the Rules Committee. Many of our members have previously  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) was joined by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and their colleagues to reintroduce the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023, which would take government shutdowns off the table and force Congress to stay in town until their work is done. "We need to change our spending and our spending process. Our national debt is now skyrocketing past $31.5 trillion, and Congress continues  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford and Kyrsten Sinema introduced Combating Cartels on Social Media Act, bipartisan legislation they introduced Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN). "Social media companies (like YouTube and Facebook) list in their 'terms of service' that the platform cannot be used for illegal activities, but at the same time they allow human smugglers to buy ads, promote how to illega  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Jan. 30, 2023: * * * Addressing America's Debt Crisis Earlier this month, the United States hit its debt ceiling, which is currently at $31.4 trillion. After raising the debt limit by $2.5 trillion just two years ago in 2021, this sobering news should serve as a wakeup call that we must reduce our nation's spending and implement meaningful fiscal reforms to address America's debt crisis before it is too la  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) praised the House passage of two bipartisan Science Committee bills: H.R. 290, the Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act and H.R. 342, the Cost-Share Accountability Act. "I'm glad we could kick off the 118th Congress by passing two sma  more