WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03), the longest-serving Republican on the House Committee and Financial Services and former Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) reintroduced legislation to protect family farmers and ranchers from burden  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) announced his Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee assignments for the 118th Congress. Oklahoma's freshman Senator will serve as Ranking Member of the Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Oversight Subcommittee. He will also serve on the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee and Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) recently joined the Senate Republican Conference Podcast, "The Elephant in the Room," to discuss his experience with starting a business, his unexpected journey to Congress, and the importance of American energy independence. Speaking about his journey to Congress, Mullin describes the first moment he considered running for office: "They [the Obama Administration]   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Feb. 13, 2023: * * * A Speech of Deflections Last week, President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress amid our nation's mounting and worsening crises. Unfortunately, instead of addressing runaway inflation, the overrun southern border and the increasingly aggressive and emboldened Communist China, he used his speech to deflect from these issues that matter most  more