WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Bice Reintroduces Bill to Streamline and Improve Energy Development Permitting Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (R-OK) introduced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mineral Spacing Act this week. The bill would streamline and improve the permitting process for energy development, remove duplicative regulations, and better respect the rights of private mineral holders. A companion bill was reintroduced in the Senat more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Cabinet company owners face felony charges, accused of taking almost $400K from customers OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 26, 2025) - The CEO and CFO of a high-end cabinet business in Oklahoma City face multiple felony charges after an investigation by Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office. The two are accused of defrauding customers of more than $370,000. Earlier this month, the Attorney General's Consumer Advocacy Unit filed c more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Cole Votes in Favor of House GOP Budget Resolution | CONTACT : Olivia Porcaro (link sends email) 202-225-6165 Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after voting in favor of the House GOP Budget Resolution: "Last November, the American people gave us a very clear mandate. Today, with my 'yes' vote on the House Republican budget resolution, I voted to help President Trump deliver on this mandate," sa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2025: * * * Congressman Bennie Thompson Issues Statement on Ongoing Mail Delays at Jackson Processing Facility (BOLTON, MS) - Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) released the following statement regarding the ongoing mail delays at the Jackson Processing Facility: "My office has been made aware of the persistent mail delays at the Jackson Processing Facility, which have caused significant inconvenience to residents and businesses  more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond calls on FDA to take action against counterfeit weight-loss drug makers OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 26, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight-loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic and Wegovy. In a letter last week to the FDA, Drummond and 37 other st more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 19, 2025, from Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, Alaska, and 47 collaborators: * * * Joint Public Comment Submitted by 48 Organizations in Response to the U.S. EPA's "Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts" Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2024-0360 * * * The Coming Clean Network's Cumulative Impacts/Mandatory Emissions Reduction (CI/MER) Team works to ensure assessment of cumulative i more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Reintroduces Legislation to Protect Rural Seniors' Access to Care Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.), reintroduced the Protecting Rural Seniors' Access to Care Act. The legislation would reverse a Biden-era nursing home staffing rule that will harm facilities across rural America and could force many to close. The legislation would also establish an advisory panel on nursing home staffing that includes v more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI from POLITICO: Meet the Senate GOP's 'House whisperer': Markwayne Mullin "He enjoys one of the closest relationships to Trump among Republican senators -- making him, in Thune's words, a 'Senate whisperer' for Trump just as he interprets House doings for his colleagues." Washington, D.C. - ICYMI, POLITICO published the following story this morning highlighting U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as, "a key emissary between the chambers more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford Calls on Trump Admin to Provide Update on +810,000 Aliens Roaming Freely Because of Biden's Border Crisis WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Chairman on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Border Management, Federal Workforce and Regulatory Affairs, called on the Trump Administration to expose the Biden Administration's border crisis by providing an update on the over 810,000 aliens who were releas more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Padilla, Hirono, Lankford Introduce Bill to Promote Wildfire Mitigation Through Wildlife Grazing WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced legislation to promote research on how grazing can support wildfire mitigation, fuels reduction and post-fire recovery. Several states have implemented pilot programs in which animals like goats and cattle more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education's Statement on Title IX Compliance Office for Civil Rights commends Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association, which have changed their athletic policies to conform to President Trump's Executive Order and antidiscrimination laws. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights today released the following statement commending two athlet more PR