WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following statement on May 22, 2023: * * * House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas released a statement today after receiving information that the Department of Energy (DOE) will not be giving a grant to Microvast, a company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). "This is a win for taxpayers and American businesses," Lucas said.   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 23 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (R-PA) sent a letter with 82 of their colleagues to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging it to withdraw portions of a proposal which would place more stringent vapor emissions requirements on small bulk gasoline plants. The rule would lower compliance thresholds using plants' t  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on May 22, 2023: * * * Aiming to End a Crisis For far too long, dangerous predators have disproportionately targeted indigenous women and girls, and violence against Native Americans and Alaska Natives far exceeds national averages. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Native women and girls experience a murder rate 10 times higher than the national average. The impact of missi  more