WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) today reintroduced the Can't Cancel Your Own Debt Act. This legislation would disqualify members of Congress from participating in federal programs enacted during their tenure to cancel student loans - whether established by executive order, agency action or an Act of Congress. It would also bar members of Congress from any service- or employment-based student loan   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) today joined Representative Betty McCollum (MN-04), Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) to reintroduce legislation to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. Introduced every Congress since 2009, the legislation ensures that exi  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2023: Congressman Josh Brecheen participated in the House Homeland Security Committee's first full committee hearing entitled, "Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas' Border Crisis." The hearing discussed the widespread and debilitating impact President Biden's border crisis is having on communities across the United States. Witnesses included Rebecca Kiessling (Private C  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 28, 2023: Yesterday, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Representatives Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rick Crawford (R-AR), and Mike Flood (R-NE) in leading a push for accountability to address United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) failure to conduct oversight of foreign acquisition of U.S. agricultural land. In a bipartisan letter, the lawmakers expressed deep co  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * The Cost of Canceling Student Debt President Joe Biden and Democrats' inflationary spending spree and high-tax proposals have certainly left Americans in financially challenging times. Meanwhile, they continue to push the mass cancelation of student debt, which would undoubtedly make our nation's inflationary crisis worse. Unfortunately, the president's continual pause on federal stude  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) released a statement today raising concerns with the Department of Commerce's CHIPS for America Notice of Funding Opportunity. The notice, while timely and helpful in some aspects, also has problematic elements including prioritizing union contracts, man  more