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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Friday May 19, 2023 ( 3 items )  

39 AGs Endorse Cortez Masto's Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Xylazine
WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto's (D-Nev.) bipartisan effort to crack down on xylazine continues to pick up support from across the country, with 39 attorneys general from both parties calling for Congress to pass her Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. In a new letter, attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florid  more

As Debt Talks Continue, Lankford Releases Waste Book on Ways to Cut Federal Spending
WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSrpt) -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 18, 2023: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today released Volume 7 of his federal waste book, Federal Fumbles: Ways the Federal Government Dropped the Ball. As President Biden and Democrats continue to say there is no path for spending cuts to go along with a deal on raising the debt limit, Lankford has outlined in the report waste and inefficiencies in the federal government and offers solutio  more

House Science Committee Chairman Lucas Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on FY 2024 Budget Proposal for NIST
WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 10, 2023, entitled "An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for Fiscal Year 2024": * * * Today's hearing will focus on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) budget proposal for fiscal year 2024. I would like to welcome the Honorable Dr. Locascio to the Co  more