WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act. "President Biden and Democrats' needless delays to negotiate a responsible deal to raise the debt limit certainly put our country in a dangerous position," said Cole. "Indeed, failing to responsibly raise the d  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Congressman Josh Brecheen voted NO on H.R. 3746, the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling agreement. "Tonight, more Democrats voted for the Biden-McCarthy agreement than Republicans, and you have to ask why? The Biden-McCarthy agreement was another missed opportunity to cut spending on a scale that can truly start to turn our nation away from a fiscal cliff. In five years, just the annual interest p  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) is leading the Oklahoma congressional delegation on a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra for suspending the $4.5 million Title X Family Planning grant awarded to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). HHS is suspending this funding over the OSDH's refusal to refer for abortions. Lankford is joined on the letter by Senator Mar  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today announced on the Senate floor that he would oppose the bill to raise the debt limit. Throughout his time in the Senate and prior to that during his time in the House of Representatives, Lankford has been very vocal about the need to cut spending, spend within our means as a nation, and actually deal with our debt. Lankford has also consistently called ou  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today voted to overturn President Biden's student loan cancelation scheme. Lankford joined Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and their colleagues to introduce the resolution to overturn Biden's debt transfer, which would pass up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion. The resolu  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the bipartisan Promoting Regulatory Independence, Mastery, and Expansion (PRIME) for Meat Processing Act to foster greater Tribal control over meat processing operations in Indian Country. If passed, the bill would extend Tribal government's self-governance authority to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at the U.S. Departm  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following commentary on June 1, 2023, to Fox News Digital: * * * U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) authored the below opinion piece on the consequences of President Biden's rush to green energy policies. In the column, Senator Mullin argues that Democrats' climate hysteria is getting ahead of operational reality, and the American people are taking notice. * * * Sounding the Alarm on Grid Reliability, Again By Senator Mar  more