WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 12, 2022: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg today in response to his recent announcement to increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger and light duty trucks. Mullin refutes the Secretary's claim that this mandate will help rural America, citing the inevitable rise in cost of new vehicles and the push for more electric vehicles to appease the p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) joined Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) recently in introducing H.R. 7427, the Behavioral Health Information Technologies (BHIT) Now Act. This legislation would improve coordination of mental and physical health care by supporting behavioral health providers to adopt health IT systems. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have become an essential part of our modern healthcare system. However, mental health and subst more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 13 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) is standing up for Oklahomans' Second Amendment right to own and use pistol braces without burdensome regulation, registration, and taxation. Last week, Lankford introduced the Pistol Brace Protection Act. Lankford's bill would gut an upcoming final rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) by exempting pistol braces from regulation under the National Firearms Act (NFA). The bill el more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Governor of Oklahoma signing an abortion ban into law, making it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. At the bill signing ceremony, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commented that, "We want to outlaw  more PR