WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced this week the hire of Marisa Burleson to the newly created Director of Operations and Member Services role in his Washington, DC, office. Burleson comes to the Hern office with experience on Capitol Hill as a Constituent Services Representative and Scheduler for Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Strategic Initiatives Coordinator at the Repu  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following hearing remarks on H.R. 734 and H.J. Res. 42: * * * Good afternoon. Our business today is to consider two bills. The first I'll discuss is H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls In Sports Act of 2023. H.R. 734 will amend Title IX to protect the rights of women and girls to fully participate and fairly compete in women's sports programs that are operated, sponsored, or facilitat  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited Vance Air Force Base (AFB) in Enid, Oklahoma. Mullin's visit to Vance AFB marks his fourth military base visit of his first inaugural tour as a U.S. Senator, which began last week in the Oklahoma Panhandle. While at Vance AFB, Senator Mullin toured the Air Traffic Control Tower, visited the  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited Tinker Air Force Base (AFB) to receive a mission brief on military construction (MILCON), and operations updates on the TACAMO/E-6B squadron, E-3, KC-135 and KC-46. In addition to conducting all U.S. Air Force aircraft engine service and repair, Tinker AFB is also the largest single-site emp  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on April 17, 2023: * * * Passing the Buck The late, great Democratic President Harry S. Truman once famously placed a sign on his desk which proclaimed, "The Buck Stops Here." Surely, "Give 'em Hell Harry" is rolling in his grave on the release of the Biden Administration's reports on its disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. Rather than accepting responsibility for his refusal to hee  more