WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued the following remarks on Nov. 13, 2023, at a hearing on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 5894) and the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act (H.R. 6363): * * * Good afternoon. When the American people put gavels in the hands of House Republicans, it came with the promise of changing the status quo. Unrivaled to that mandate is the need to amend the way Washington ha more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Nov. 13, 2023: * * * Veterans Are Our Heroes In 1954, following the conclusion of World War II, Congress passed and President Dwight Eisenhower signed Proclamation 3071, calling upon all citizens of the U.S. to observe November 11 of every year as Veterans Day, "in order to ensure proper and widespread of observance of this anniversary, all Veterans, all Veterans' organizations and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose." To th more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee announced growing support for H.R. 6213, the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act. Introduced by Science Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the bipartisan legislation builds off the accomplishments of the National Quantum Initiative Act, passed by the Science Committee and signed into law in 2018 more PR