WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on July 26, 2022, at a hearing on the Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 263) and the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act (H.R. 7910): * * * Today's hearing covers two bills. The first item I'll discuss is H.R. 263, the Big Cat Public Safety Act, which would make it unlawful to possess or trade in any big cat species, including lions, tigers, leopards, snow leopards, jaguars, cougars or any hybrid thereof. T more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on July 26, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined Republican colleagues in sending a letter, led by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm requesting an audit of the Biden Administration's $10 billion COVID-19 vaccine public education campaign, which was launched in March 2021 to increase vaccine awareness and confidence. In their letter, the members call for greater a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) in introducing legislation to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use existing funds to offset the cost of inflation to build a 275,000-square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital in Tulsa, which is set to be complete in late 2023 and open for patients in late 2024. "Ensuring our veterans have the best care possible and ample access to the resou more PR