WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 24. Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman David Joyce (R-OH) said, "The core mission of this bill is to protect the in more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2025 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 33 to 24. Legislative Branch Subcommittee Chairman David Valadao (R-CA) said, "Our most important job is serving our constituents, and this legislation ensures Congress has  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, the House Appropriations Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 25. Defense Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA) said, "This bill provides the resources necessary for our military to deter conflict and prevail in war. The spending priorit more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following opening statement from the Subcommittee on Environment hearing dated June 4, 2024, entitled "An Overview of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Thank you, Chairman Miller, and thank you Administrator Spinrad for being here. I'm pleased to say that this is our first NOAA related hearing since the ov more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: If you were impacted by storms on April 27 or May 6, CLICK HERE to find resources available for recovery. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland calling out the Department of Justice for suing the State of Oklahoma over the immigration law H.B. 4156, which empowers law enforcement to arrest individuals illegally present in the United States. Lankford serves as  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: If you were impacted by storms on April 27 or May 6, CLICK HERE to find resources available for recovery. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Conscience Protection Act to protect health care providers and insurance plans from government discrimination if they decline to participate in abortions. The Conscience Protection Act also provides a private right of action for victims of conscience discr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: If you were impacted by storms on April 27 or May 6, CLICK HERE to find resources available for recovery. Following a Democrat show vote in the Senate today to try to scare Americans into thinking access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) in our nation is threatened, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) released a joint statement with Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) and all of their Senate Republican colleagues support more PR

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) released the following statement reaffirming his support for continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and rejecting Senate Democrats' baseless, calculated attempts to scare the American people through a 'Summer of Show Votes.' "Like many Americans, my wife and I struggled for years to have children," said Sen. Mullin. "Thankfully, IVF and o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after President Donald Trump met with the House Republican Conference: "As we all know, the past three years of the Biden presidency have been plagued with crisis after crisis - a wide-open border, surging inflation, an unstable world stage, skyrocketing violent crime, an opioid epidemic, alarmingly weakened national secu more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Today, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04)'s bill, theTruth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024, which he co-led with Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03), passed through the House Education and Workforce Committee markup. This legislation will investigate, document, and report on the histories of Indian boarding schools, Indian boarding school policies, and the long- more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on June 13, 2024: * * * Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement celebrating the passage of Rep. Beth Van Duyne's (TX-24) amendment to H.R. 8070 the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. Last week, the Republican Study Committee adopted a position endorsing the amendment. "President Biden's Admi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following written testimony by Oklahoma Insurance Department Commissioner Glen Mulready from a hearing dated June 5, 2024, entitled "Riskier Business: How Climate is Already Challenging Insurance Markets": * * * Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking member Grassley, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to address you today on a topic that is becoming increasingly important to homeowners across the nation: increasing  more PR