WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced legislation to help provide stable energy rates and a reliable energy grid to states in the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), including Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. "Missouri's rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities have worked with the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA) to provide affordable and reliable elect  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Representative Kevin Hern's (OK-01) legislation, HR 3799, the CHOICE Arrangements Act, passed the House of Representatives this afternoon 220-209 and is headed to the Senate. HR 3799, which passed the Ways and Means Committee last week, would allow employees to use money from their employer to buy a healthcare plan that works best for them. "The cost of healthcare, and the ever-growing burde  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023, and a letter: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Senator James Lankford (OK) led 31 Members of the House and Senate on a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, and The Joint Commission President Jonathan Perlin regarding religious liberties for hospitals participating in the Medicare program. Recent threats to the Medicare status of a faith-based  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following hearing remarks on the impeachment resolution noticed by Rep. Lauren Boebert to the Committee on Homeland Security, on June 21, 2023: * * * Good evening. Tonight's meeting is on a simple matter - that is, referring the impeachment resolution noticed by Representative Boebert to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition, the Committee on the Judiciary. I know that many members  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and 30 fellow Republican Senators sent a letter to the White House calling on President Biden to withdraw the nomination of Julie Su to be Secretary of the Department of Labor. Lankford, Braun, and McConnell were joined by Senators John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kati  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined his colleagues on the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing entitled, "Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy." Lucas questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on the impact of the upcoming Basel III revisions on derivative end-users, and whether the Fed is coordinating with the SEC and the Treasury. Lucas also urged the  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) will introduce the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act to limit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing Clean Air Act (CAA) waivers for state policies seeking to ban or otherwise limit the sale of internal combustion engines. This legislation would preserve consumer choice  more