MOORE, Oklahoma, Nov. 24 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement in opposition to the Biden Administration's announced decision to release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in an attempt to lower gas prices. "The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is supposed be used during genuine national emergencies not as a mechanism to reduce the price of gasoline," said Cole. "If the Biden Administration wants to lower gasoline prices, it  more PR

CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, Nov. 24 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) last week joined House Committee on Financial Services Republicans, led by Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (NC-10), sending a letter to the acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Michael Hsu. The letter requests the OCC provide clarity on its potential proposal of a climate change related supervision framework for financial institutions. "Interest regarding the risk of climate change to th more PR

CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, Nov. 24 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement in response to President Biden's decision to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. "In just two years, the United States has gone from energy independent and net exporter to energy dependent. After canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and greenlighting Russia's Nord Stream II, President Biden is now tapping our strategic reserves and imploring OPEC to produce more oil to mitigat more PR