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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Tuesday September 10, 2024 ( 3 items )  

House Appropriations Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing on Severe Food Distribution Shortages in Tribal & Elderly Communities
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Severe Food Distribution Shortages in Tribal and Elderly Communities" at 10 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2024, at 1300 Longworth House Office Building: Witnesses Panel I * The Honorable Darrel G. Seki Sr., Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Red Lake, Minnesota * Ms. Marty Wafford, Under Secretary of Support and Programs, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health, Ada, Oklahoma * M  more

House Science Committee Chairman Lucas: House Passes Science Committee Legislation to Strengthen Research Security
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7686, led by Science Committee member Congressman Mike Garcia (R-CA). The bill updates the definition of malign foreign talent recruitment programs in the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act to help federal research agencies and universities more clearly identify and address threats to sc  more

Mullin Releases Statement on House Foreign Affairs Committee's Report Findings
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) released the following statement in response to the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Majority report on the disastrous 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan: "The House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans' investigation confirms everything the American people have known for three years about the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal," said Sen. Mullin.   more