MOORE, Oklahoma, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) congratulated the National Rural Water Association (NRWA), headquartered in Duncan, after it was announced that the non-profit will receive two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development, totaling nearly $7 million. Both awards come from the Water and Waste Disposal Technical Assistance and Training grant program, which provides funding to qualified non-profits for projects and training to s more PR

TULSA, Oklahoma, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the September jobs report was released, showing only 194,000 jobs created. "Biden's leadership has failed the American people on every front," said Rep. Hern. "We're nearly 1 million jobs short of what the President promised with his American Rescue Plan at the start of the year. It's time for him to admit what we've all known from the start - socialist policies don't work. They'r more PR

CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Last week, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced nearly $1 million in funding to the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Center for Health Sciences for a new initiative to establish the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity (the Center) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. "Throughout the United States, Native American and other Indigenous populations often experience higher health disparities and soc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Sept. 28, 2021, hearing to receive testimony on Afghanistan: * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses for appearing today. We learned a lot in our hearing on Tuesday about how President Biden completely mismanaged the withdrawal from Afghanistan from start to finish. I hope that's just the beginning of our oversight of what happened. Today, I want to hear more from our exp more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to reintroduce a bipartisan proposal to help small businesses equip the next generation of manufacturers with the technical skills required for the job. S.2977, the Retain Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence (RIME) Act of 2021 would establish a pilot program to allow businesses to retain retiring employees long enough to train a replacement and transfer  more PR