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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for 2023-08-15 ( 2 items )  
Lankford & Hassan's Bill to Crack Down on Ships Evading International Sanctions Advances (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee recently voted to pass a bipartisan bill introduced by Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to crack down on ships disabling and spoofing their transponder equipment to evade export controls and international sanctions, including sanctions against Iran and Russia. Shipping vessels are equipped with Automatic Identification Systems that publicly transmi more PR

Mullin, Hassan Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Opioid Epidemic by Strengthening Standards for Prescribing Controlled Substances (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to require electronic prescriptions for all Schedule II-IV controlled substances, including opioids. Electronic prescribing of these substances can enhance patient safety and deter fraud. These medications have a higher potential for misuse - and electronic prescriptions can help stop doctor shopping, in which people get duplicative prescriptions e more PR