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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Wednesday May 03, 2023 ( 4 items )  

Lankford Fights Back Against Radical Environmental Agenda
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), and Tim Scott (R-SC), along with their colleagues, sent a letter to US Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns with the Federal Insurance Office's (FIO's) efforts to force the Biden Administration's unrealistic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda onto the state-regulated insurance industry. This could res  more

Lankford Wants to Know Why the Federal Grants Process Has to Be So Hard, Waste So Much Money
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today participated in a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing entitled, "Improving Access to Federal Grants for Underserved Communities," in which he questioned Jeff Arkin, the director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) about the complicated and burdensome federal grants process and the wasteful spending that  more

Lankford, Hassan, Colleagues Urge IRS to Address Threat of Tax Scams Generated by ChatGPT
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), all members of the Senate Finance Committee, are sounding the alarm on the potential use of artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, to generate persuasive, tailored scams that are intended to rob Americans by getting access to their personal financial information. "In previous tax filing sea  more

Sens. Marshall, Moran Introduce Bill to Provide Reliable & Affordable Energy to Kansans
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced legislation to help provide stable energy rates and a reliable energy grid to states in the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), including Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act would give the SWPA the authority to operate on a self-funding,  more