WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Environment issued the following testimony by Frederick H. Carr, professor emeritus in the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, involving a hybrid hearing on June 14, 2022, entitled "What's the Forecast: A Look at the Future of Weather Research": * * * It is an honor for me to testify about the future of weather research and forecasting for our nation. I thank the committee for their long-standing commitment toward improving the nation's forecasting more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following statement on June 29, 2022: * * * U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, released the following statement condemning the 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, which casts aside more than two centuries of precedent recognizing Tribal sovereignty: "Today's decision by the Supreme Court in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta is a  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, June 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on June 29, 2022: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today offered the following statement after the Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that the federal government and the states can prosecute crimes committed by non-tribal members against tribal members in Indian country. "Since the 2020 Supreme Court decision in McGirt, the FBI has been overwhelmed prosecuting criminal cases in Oklahoma. "The Supreme Court's  more PR