WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Oka.) joined Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, yesterday in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting that the department rescind its one-size-fits-all federal mask mandate on Head Start programs. Children six months to five years of age are curren more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined a group of 12 Republican senators, led by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), to file a public comment on Department of Education's recently proposed rule regarding Title IX compliance in schools and asking Secretary Miguel Cardona to withdraw the rule, citing that it undercuts the purpose of the law and promotes the left's progressive gender ideology. Joining Inhofe and Lankford in sending the letter were U more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), questioned Mr. Shailen Bhatt, nominee to be the next Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Inhofe: Thank you Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that very much. I have the same problem I had once before - I will make sure that it doesn't happen again. But, Mr. Bhatt, in my home state of Oklahoma, our state Department of Transportation maintains an eight-year transportation plan, directing funds to projects that wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today took social media giants to task on their products censoring some voices, including conservatives, using and selling user data, and using their products to help facilitate illegal border crossing at our southern border, particularly in the process of human trafficking. In a two-panel Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing today, entitled, "Social Media's Impact on Homeland Secur more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today applauded the National Taxpayer Union (NTU) for listing his Enhancing Emergency and Retirement Savings Act on their list of "No Brainer" bills that Congress needs to pass as soon as possible in 2022. Lankford's bill would help families save for retirement and prepare for emergencies by encouraging participation in retirement plans and giving individuals additional flexibility for penalty-free access  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 14, 2022: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and John Boozman (R-AR) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan regarding Democrats' climate-change attacks on feedlot and dairy operations. The Senators write in their letter, "CAFOs play a vital role in our nation's ability to be food independent and have continually improved their efficiency to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: Senate Republicans, including Senator James Lankford (R-OK), are expressing concerns with the establishment of a permanent government price-setting program, funded by billions of taxpayer dollars, in the partisan Inflation Reduction Act, and raising questions regarding federal health agencies' plans for program implementation. In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined his fellow Senate Republicans, led by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), in expressing concerns with the establishment of a permanent government price-setting program, funded by billions of taxpayer dollars, in the partisan Inflation Reduction Act, and raising questions regarding federal health agencies' plans for program implementation. In a letter to Health and Human Se more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 13, 2022: Senators James Lankford (R-OK), John Thune (R-SD), and Richard Burr (R-NC) today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting that the department rescind its one-size-fits-all federal mask mandate on Head Start programs. Children six months to five years of age are currently eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but a HHS interim final rule (IFR) still requires all  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2022, on the national abortion ban proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina: * * * "The nationwide abortion ban proposal put forth today is the latest, clearest signal of extreme MAGA Republicans' intent to criminalize women's health freedom in all 50 states and arrest doctors for providing basic care. Make no mistake: if Republicans get the chance, they will work to pass laws even more draconian than this bill - just like th more PR