| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Saturday February 04, 2023 ( 6 items ) |
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Hern Votes To Bring The Federal Workforce Back To The Office
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting for HR 139, the Stopping Home Office Work's Unproductive Problems (SHOW UP) Act.
The SHOW UP Act restores pre-pandemic telework policies for federal agencies and will prevent those agencies from creating permanent telework policies without first submitting certified plans to Congress. According to a Federal Times report, just one
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Hern Votes To Remove Member With History Of Anti-Semitic Remarks From Foreign Relations Committee, Condemn Socialism
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023:
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting for H.Res 76, Removing a certain Member from a certain standing committee of the House, and H.Con.Res 9, Denouncing the horrors of socialism.
"Let's not forget who set this precedent: Nancy Pelosi," said Rep. Hern. "The difference is that this time isn't political. Someone who proudly makes anti-Semitic remarks sho
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Lankford Continues to Unwind the Rx Pricing Scheme to Bring Down Costs at the Pharmacy Counter
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 4 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Senator James Lankford (R-OK), member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to continue to crack down on pharmacy benefit managers' (PBM) unfair practices in the prescription drug-pricing scheme by introducing the Prescription Pricing for the People Act.
"Getting affordable prescription drugs in Oklahoma and around the nation doesn't
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Lankford Raises Alarm Over False ICE Data
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 4 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tae D. Johnson following reports that ICE may have been providing the public with inaccurate data on the ICE's Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program. This discrepancy was exposed through a Government Accountability Offic
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Lankford, Blackburn Push Back on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 4 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release:
Senators James Lankford, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and more than 40 of their Republican colleagues filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, supporting respondents in the dual Supreme Court cases challenging Biden's student-loan debt relief program, Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown.
The Senators argue that Bi
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Rep. Hern: RSC Members Call On Biden To Condemn Turkey's Bounty On American Citizen Enes Kanter Freedom
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023:
Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) along with representatives Brian Babin (TX-36) led a letter to President Biden condemning the Biden Administration's lack of action in response to Turkey putting a bounty on the head of American citizen Enes Kanter Freedom.
Joining Chairman Hern and Rep. Babin on the letter are Representatives Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Jef
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