WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on April 9, 2024, at a hearing on the Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act (H.R. 529), the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (H.R. 7888), H. Res. 1112 and H. Res. 1117): * * * The United States continues to face a crisis at our southern border. This crisis takes on many facets: it is not only a national security crisis, although our open borders have allow  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with Senators Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Ensuring Access to Specialty Care Everywhere (EASE) Act to increase access to specialty care providers for rural communities. Mullin's EASE Act would authorize the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to use their demonstration authority to create a virtual specialty care  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: Cancer is a terrible disease that affects almost every American family in some form. During April, National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection month, we recognize the importance of expanding access to cancer screenings, stopping more cancers before they start, supporting research to find a cure for cancer, and enabling healthy lifestyles. During this month, I am reflecting on the technologies and drugs th  more