WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act, legislation to prevent contraband cellphone use in federal and state prison facilities by allowing state and federal prisons to use cell phone jamming systems. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), and James Lankford (R-Okla  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tim Scott (R-SC) along with Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and their colleagues are introducing the Equal Campus Access Act of 2023 to ensure that religious student organizations will not face discrimination on college campuses. "On America's college campuses, freedom of expression is under attack. Colleges need to remain an open arena for debate, discussion--and most   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on March 29, 2023: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued a statement following efforts to remove two Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMF). The vote passed by 66 to 30, which will repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations regarding Iraq. "Only a few days after Iranian militants targeted and killed an American contractor in Syria, this vote sends a signal of American retreat, rather than   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on March 29, 2023, and letter: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) issued the following statement today after voting to stand against the Biden Administration's Waters of the US (WOTUS) rule. The Senate voted on a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval of the rule, which passed in a vote of 53 to 43. "Oklahomans want clean, safe water. But President Biden's new Waters of the United States rule   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today spoke on the Senate floor about the need to protect US farmland from foreign, particularly Chinese, ownership, after an alarming increase in foreign land ownership over the past decade in Oklahoma, which appears to be due in part to an increased presence of international criminal organizations surrounding marijuana growth in the state. In 2022, Lankf  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined his colleagues on the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing on "The Federal Regulators' Response to Recent Bank Failures". Lucas questioned the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. By guaranteeing uninsured depos  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology passed seven bipartisan bills at a full committee markup. "These bills all contribute to a larger effort to improve federal R&D, make it more efficient, and help our science agencies to better serve our communities," Chairman Frank Lucas said. His opening statement can be found here (https:/  more