WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on June 20, 2023, at a hearing on the CHOICE Arrangement Act (H.R. 3799), Middle Class Borrower Protection Act (H.R. 3564) and H. Res. 461: * * * Good afternoon. Today's hearing covers three items. The first I'll discuss is H.R. 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act, a package of bills designed to give working Americans and small businesses more options when it comes to health cover  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) introduced H.R. 4143, the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Enhancements Act. The NCST Enhancements Act updates a previously enacted law to expand the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) authority to investigate failures of structures other than b  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023, and a letter: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced a bipartisan push with 24 of their Senate colleagues to deter Iran from advancing its nuclear weapon capability. In February, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported the discovery of nearly weapons-grade uranium particles. This report comes as Iran has made significant progress in its nuclear prog  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on June 20, 2023: * * * Reining in Regulation While back in the Fourth District of Oklahoma, one of the top concerns I hear from constituents is the crushing weight of increasing overreach, overregulation and red tape from the federal government, which does not allow families and small businesses to flourish and succeed. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration has not taken note, and while forcing its progres  more