WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after House passage of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. If signed into law, this legislation would increase domestic energy production, reform and streamline the permitting process for energy infrastructure, reverse the Biden Administration's anti-energy policies and boost the production and processing of critical minerals. Cole supported the legislation. "President Joe Biden's repeated actions more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Josh Brecheen sought answers on America's lack of work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps during a House Budget Committee hearing titled, "The Fiscal State of the Union." "Work requirements could save us as much as $300 billion and increase revenue by $221 billion (due to increase in workforce participation) over ten years for a $521 billion total impact on our federal budget. With a nation facing a fiscal debt crisis and 64% of able- more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement following the indictment of President Donald Trump. "Politically motivated witch hunts against President Trump or any other former President or presidential candidate is a serious abuse of power. "House Republicans are committed to investigating if any federal funds are being used by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his office to target President Trump for the purpose of interfering in more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 1, "The Lower Energy Costs Act," which passed the House of Representatives on Thursday. "On the day that President Biden was sworn into office, the average price for a gallon of gas nationwide was $2.39. Today, the national average for a gallon of gas is $3.44. That is a 44% increase," said Congressman Josh Brecheen. "Today, I was proud to vote in f more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the House passed HR 1, the Lowering Energy Costs Act. Rep. Hern had an amendment included in the final legislation. Amendment No. 5 expresses the sense of Congress disapproving of the proposed tax hikes on the oil and natural gas industry in the president's fiscal year 2024 budget request. The amendment passed with bipartisan support 228-206. "Republicans continue t more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Long-time advocate for practical solutions that bring down the cost of prescription drugs, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today participated in a Senate Finance Committee hearing entitled, "Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on Patients and Taxpayers," in which Lankford discussed the ways pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are forcing Oklahoma patients, particularly seniors, pay more for their prescri more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced the Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act, which would make permanent a provision in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that allowed businesses to fully expense new investments (machinery, equipment, etc.) in the year of purchase. That provision currently began to phase out in the federal tax code starting at the end of 2022 and expires at the end of 2026. Lankford is  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today introduced the bipartisan Security and Oversight of International Landholdings (SOIL) Act, along with Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Michael Bennet (D-CO), in order to provide oversight and transparency of purchases of US agricultural land that threaten national security. On the heels of a successful rejection of allowing more marijuana growth in the state, Lankford continues to r more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on March 30, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and U.S. Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC) held a press conference on the need for accountability for U.S. service members who have been the victim of Department of Defense (DOD) medical malpractice. Mullin and Hudson were joined by U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL), SFC Richard Stayskal, his attorney Natalie Khawam, Mayra Guillen, President of the I Am Vanessa Guillen Foundation, and more PR