WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy, Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Bills to Make Federal Government More Efficient, Slash Wasteful Spending WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and colleagues introduced two bills to hold the federal government accountable for managing taxpayer dollars. The Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act would establish a commission to send a repor more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 5 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond comments on clemency denial for Wendell Grissom OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 5, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond today commended the state Pardon and Parole Board for rejecting clemency for Wendell Arden Grissom. In 2005, Grissom and another man broke into the Blaine County house of Dreu Kopf, who was inside with her two young daughters and her best friend, Amber D more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, the House Financial Services Committee, led by Chairman French Hill (AR-02), is holding a hearing to examine the current landscape of community banking in the United States, including how community banks serve as the lifeblood for many local communities. Watch Chairman Hill's opening remarks here (https://youtu.be/YNZ742h9KrE). Read  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford Applauds POTUS' Push to Hold FEMA Accountable, Advocates for Reform WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump to applaud his recent Executive Order to hold the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) accountable for their failed responses to disasters and to advocate for robust reforms. "I write to commend your recent Executive Order est more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2025: Governor Kevin Stitt announced the implementation plan for Operation Guardian, a comprehensive deportation operation led by Oklahoma Commissioner of Public Safety Tim Tipton. "Former president Biden's weak border policies allowed our country to become a safe haven for criminal illegal migrants - that ends in Oklahoma with Operation Guardian," said Governor Stitt. "I'm grateful we have a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Reintroduces Bipartisan Legislation to Encourage Charitable Giving and Support Local Communities Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), alongside Representatives Blake Moore (UT-01), Danny Davis (IL-07), and Carole Miller (WV-01), reintroduced the Charitable Act to empower Americans to contribute to charitable causes and support local communities. "Nonprofits in New Hampshire and across the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Mullin, Cramer, Colleagues Reintroduce Fair Access to Banking Act to Protect Legal Industries from Debanking Washington, D.C. - In recent years, prominent American banks have engaged in a discriminatory practice, referred to as debanking. Banks and financial institutions use their economic standing to categorically exclude law-abiding, legal industries by refusing to lend or provide serv more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Congresswoman Bice was proud to join President Trump at the White House as he signed an executive order which protects safety, fairness, and dignity in women's sports. This executive order upholds Title IX and keeps men out of women's sports. Congresswoman Bice issued the following statement: "It was great to be at the White House on National Girls and Women in Sports Day. President  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and commend my colleague and long-time friend, Congressman Ken Calvert, who is being honored by the Creative Defense Foundation with the Visionary Award for Leadership and Innovation in National Security. Throughout his distinguished tenure, Congressman Calvert has been a steadfast advocate more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced the Student Empowerment Act recently to expand the use of 529 College Savings Plans, allowing families to use these accounts for public, private, religious, and homeschool educational expenses. "President Trump's tax cuts proved the incredible potential of 529 accounts by helping millions of families invest in their children's education," said Rep. H more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), Defense Subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA), and Vice Chair and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) released a statement in support of President Trump's implementation of a National Security Presidential Memorandu more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: A Honduran national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio today to 262 months in prison for his role as a leader of a drug trafficking organization. According to court documents, Marco Antonio Morales-Perez, 51, along with Pablo Torres-Zaragoza aka Jose Juan Zaragoza-Cardenas, 42, of Mexico, continued to lead an organization that trafficke more PR