WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. J. Res. 7 yesterday and H.R. 139, H.R. 382 and H.R. 497 earlier this week. Cole supported the resolution and three bills. "It has been three years since the coronavirus pandemic was declared a national emergency and public health emergency," said Cole. "The American public has now returned to normal life, and it is time the federal go more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and all of their Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a formal challenge to the Biden administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval. The resolution comes after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers announced a new rule in December 2022 repealing the Navi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023, and letter: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) today sent a letter to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric amid rumors swirling that the Biden Administration is looking to ban gas stoves in his near-constant pursuit of a Green New Deal agenda to cater to progressive Democrats instead of letting Americans buy what they want. Lankford and Manchin wrote in their letter, "While a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), both members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today introduced a bill to give the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the authority to repair ports along the southern border. "During my visits to the southern border, it is evident that CBP needs to repair ports between the US and Mexico. Bureaucratic red tape has blocked CBP from ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2023, and letter: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) today wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm calling for all documents and communications related to three DOE National Laboratories targeted by a Russian hacking team durin more PR