WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2021: * * * U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today entered the following statement for the record at a committee hearing to consider the nominations of Nickolas Guertin to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense; Alexandra Baker to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; John Coffey to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy; and Douglas Bush t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter yesterday to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, calling on him to suspend the vaccine mandate and answer specific questions about the readiness impacts of the Biden administration's mandate. "At a time when our adversaries continue to increase their quantitative and qualitative advantage against our forces, we should seek to ensure that more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), the lead Republican on the Homeland Security Committee's Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management, today participated in a Senate Finance Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Mr. Chris Magnus to be Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Lankford's questions focused on the dire situation at the southern border  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) led an amicus brief signed by 12 Senators and 14 Members of Congress in support of Coach Joe Kennedy in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. The brief asks the Supreme Court to review and subsequently reverse the Ninth Circuit's decision that allowed Coach Kennedy to be fired for silently kneeling and praying after school football games. Representative Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) is co-leading the brief for the H more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined Senator Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS), to lead a group of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act to place a moratorium on all federal research grants to universities and other organizations conducting gain-of-function research and other risky research on potential pandemic pathogens. This legislation is in response to the congressional inquiries and more PR