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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Wednesday February 21, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Rep. Cole Column: Biden Administration Self-Made Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: In January of 2021, President Biden assumed the presidency with an aggressive immigration agenda. In just his first 100 days in office, he took 94 executive actions, including removing Title 42 and Remain in Mexico, halting border wall construction, and reinstating Catch-and-Release, in an attempt to make it easier for immigrants to illegally enter and stay in our nation. These calculated actions have resulte  more

Rep. Lucas: USDA Fails to Deliver Support to Oklahoma Farmers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: At today's House Agriculture Committee hearing, Congressman Lucas questioned Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack over the Biden Administration's failed Emergency Relief Program (ERP). Congressman Lucas noted that producers in Oklahoma were feeling the negative affects of the ERP 2022 program. Secretary Vilsack questioned this claim, prompting Congressman Lucas to defend his constituents.   more

Reps. Cole, Davids Host Event on Importance of Investigating Indian Boarding Schools
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Last week, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK-04) and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), hosted and spoke at a lunch and learn presented by the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. At the event, the Representatives spoke about the importance of their legislation, H.R. 7227, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boa  more