TULSA, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this morning calling on him to resign from his position in President Biden's Cabinet following a year of crisis and failure at our Southern border, putting millions of Americans in danger. Under Mayorkas' leadership, the Remain in Mexico Policy is being largely ignored, despite court orders to restore the program. Border apprehensions have more than tripled over FY 2020 more PR

CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Yesterday, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01) and 115 Republicans sending a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to take immediate action to stem the fentanyl scourge coming from China and across the southern border, and support making fentanyl related substances Schedule 1 classification permanent. "Fentanyl flooding into our country isn't just affecting border states, it's touchi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas announced today that Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa will be the new Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Research & Technology. "I'm happy to announce that Representative Randy Feenstra of Iowa is going to take a leadership role on our Committee, serving as the Ranking Member of the Subcomm more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Beccera expressing his astonishment and deep concern with the Biden administration's decision to reportedly use $30 million in taxpayer funds to distribute smoking kits and syringes to struggling drug addicts across America. Inhofe wrote: "It appears that this administration is using the guise of "racial equity" to advance a harmful, far-le more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Belarus Aggression Accountability Act to deter Belarus from allowing Russia to use its territory to invade Ukraine. Lankford's bill would sanction Belarus or any country that aids Russia's ongoing, unprovoked aggression toward the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Russia has stationed nearly 30,000 troops near the Belarus/Ukraine border, its largest deployment to Belarus since the  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Rick Scott (R-FL), along with several of their colleagues wrote a letter to Senator Gary Peters, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, requesting a hearing on the historic humanitarian and national security crisis on America's southern border. During President Biden's first year in office, more than 2 million migrants were apprehended after illegally crossing the border. Sinc more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), along with several Republican Senators are urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to do everything it can to support taxpayers during the current tax filing season. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, the Senators press the agency to provide taxpayers with targeted, temporary relief during what is widely believed to be one of the most cha more PR