WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Josh Brecheen announced the following service academy nominations. The United States Naval Academy: Hallie Kinion of Vian, OK Cable Golden of Collinsville, OK Brant Bishop of Stigler, OK Cody Lay of Bartlesville, OK Hayden Burdick of Henryetta, OK The United States Air Force Academy: Mason Hendricks of Owasso, OK Hallie Kinion of Vian, OK Evan Keefe of Muskog  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on Dec. 4, 2023, at a hearing on the DETERRENT Act (H.R. 5933), the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act (H.R. 4468) and a Senate joint resolution (S.J.Res. 88) that disapproves of the Biden Administration's most recent student loan plan: * * * Good afternoon. Our adversaries are evolving their methods and shifting their targets. Gone are the days when direct attacks and milit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Today, the Oklahoma congressional delegation sent a letter to Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Lloyd Austin and Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland to demand information on the regulatory and statutory authority of DOD and DOI to explore, extract, and produce energy from any and all baseload energy sources for energy resilience purposes. A 2021 report required by Congress included  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * Freezing Iran's Support for Radical Terrorism Nearly two months have passed since Hamas' unprovoked, barbaric attack on Israel. Among those killed or taken hostage are citizens from numerous nations, including the United States. A surge in western support for the attackers, among activists and some of the media, brings focus to a lack of understanding of who the aggressors in the region   more