WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: TULSA, OK - Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the jobs report for July 2024, revealing a slowdown in job growth with 114,000 new jobs added, a significant drop from June's 179,000. The unemployment rate has risen to 4.3 percent, the highest since October 2021, marking the fourth consecutive month of increase. "Stagnant job growth and rising unemployment - these are the conse  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) celebrated the Senate passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)--the first major reform to the tech industry since 1998. KOSA will require platforms to enable the strongest privacy settings by default, force platforms to prevent and mitigate specific dangers to minors, provide parents and educators   more