WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after President Joe Biden released his FY 2024 budget proposal to Congress. "The United States faces extreme challenges as a result of unchecked Democrat spending over the last two years," said Chairman Hern. "Even record-high revenues cannot keep up with the rate of spending, which has driven us into a debt crisis that may well destroy our country if we don't fix it -  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after President Biden released his Fiscal Year 2024 budget. "Instead of cutting woke, weaponized, and wasteful discretionary spending, President Biden is proposing massive tax hikes on American people and businesses," said Congressman Josh Brecheen. "There is a ton of waste in our government. Why are American taxpayer dollars funding drag shows in Ecuador and pro-prostitution LGBT groups in Colom more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, Congressman Josh Brecheen published an op-ed following his trip to the Southern border. You can read the full op-ed below. I recently returned from El Paso, where as a member of the House Homeland Security Committee (that has jurisdiction over the border), my colleagues and I witnessed the impact of our border crisis firsthand. Since President Biden has been in office, there have been nearly 4.7 million illegal crossings at the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after speaking on the House floor and voting in favor of H.J. Res. 27 to overturn Biden's unconstitutional "water of the United States" (WOTUS) rule. Watch Congressman Brecheen's floor remarks here. "Article 1, Section I of the Constitution says that all legislative powers are to be vested in the Congress, not the President. The Biden Administration's WOTUS rule is the perfect example of the admi more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas sent a second follow-up letter to the Department of Energy reiterating the Committee's demand for information relating to a $200 million grant awarded to a company with well-known ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This is the third request the Committee has sent DOE since December 2022. The second request, sen more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) released a statement today on the President's budget proposal: "I'm disappointed but not surprised by the President's massive tax and spending proposal," Lucas said. "Despite being a month late, the Administration failed to include the details necessary to fully evaluate their spending plans. But the t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined his colleagues on the House Financial Services' Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion Subcommittee for a hearing on "Coincidence or Coordinated? The Administration's Attack on the Digital Asset Ecosystem." Lucas questioned witnesses on the SEC's regulation by enforcement approach to digital assets and on legislative proposals that grant the CFTC spot market authority for crypto. Click  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and industry stakeholders from the CME Group and Futures Industry Association about the potential consequences that increased bank capital requirements could have on end-users of commodity derivatives. End-users such as farmers, ranchers, and manufactures depend on derivates to manage risk. As commodities markets have experienced significant volatility due to glob more PR

YUKON, Oklahoma, March 7 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) participated in a House Ways and Means Committee field hearing in Yukon, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. The hearing focused on the state of the American economy in the heartland and was the second in a series of field hearings outside of the nation's capital. "We're just a few short hours south of my home in Wichita, Kansas, and it's great to have my colleagues here in the heartland," said Rep. Estes during the hearing. "So more PR