WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole, (OK-04) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act. "Although titled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the America COMPETES Act, H.R. 4521 would be much more appropriately called the America CONCEDES Act since it does more to prop up Communist China than to strengthen and protect our own country's competitive edge," said Cole. "Considering that members on both sides of the aisle agree on the need t more PR

CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement criticizing the America COMPETES Act passed today by the U.S. House. "At every turn this was a failure of bipartisanship and a failure of policymaking. I'm deeply frustrated that instead of taking action on the Science Committee's bipartisan legislation, Speaker Pelosi chose to create a massive bill filled with controversial provisions that she knew could not garner more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas was joined by the Ranking Members of each subcommittee in criticizing the so-called "COMPETES Act" passed today. The nearly 3,000-page COMPETES Act passed on a on a party-line basis. "At every turn this was a failure of bipartisanship and a failure of policymaking," Lucas said. "I'm deeply frustrated that more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 5 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) received the Lawmaker of the Month award from 60 Plus, the American Association of Senior Citizens, which is a nonpartisan organization working for the benefit of Senior Adults by supporting the repeal of the death tax, saving Social Security and Medicare, affordable prescription drugs, lowering energy costs, and other issues for seniors including less government, fewer taxes, and strict adherence to the Constitu more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 5 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and their Senate Republican colleagues to raise serious questions and concerns with the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) announcement of a major expansion of its collaboration with ID.me that will require taxpayers to have an ID.me account to access key IRS online resources. In order to register with ID.me, taxpayers will need to submit to  more PR