WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Cole Engages House Committee Chairs, Urges Coordination Washington, D.C. - Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released a series of letters sent to committee chairs across the conference, urging coordination and a review of legislative priorities for the 119th Congress. To strengthen oversight and effective governance, he champi more PR

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 10 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond fights New York law that targets energy companies OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 10, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond is taking legal action against a New York climate law that could force energy companies to pay $75 billion in penalties. He joined 21 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop New York's Climate Superfund Act. The law requires major oil, ga more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Lankford Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Support Rural Hospitals WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the bipartisan Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act, which would support financially vulnerable rural hospitals facing risk of closure. The legislation would update Medicare's "Critical Access Hospital" (CAH) desi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: * * * Lankford Introduces Bill to Prevent Trafficking in Government Contracts WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) introduced the Ensuring Accountability and Dignity in Government Contracting Act of 2025 to close gaps in federal rules that allow human trafficking to persist in government contracting while strengthening agency oversight, accountability, and reporting requirements. Senators Amy  more PR

TULSA, Oklahoma, Feb. 11 -- The city of Tulsa issued the following news on Feb. 10, 2025: * * * Mayor to Organize City to Focus on Key Areas Impacting Community Today, Mayor Monroe Nichols announced some functional shifts within the City of Tulsa to focus on key areas impacting the community. Most of the changes will be made immediately, but the City expects the structure to be in place by March 9 and to have a formalized organizational structure in place by the end of March. "Immediately af more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Team Dismantles Efforts to Find a Cure for Cancer and Other Deadly Disorders and Diseases Move to Slash Scientific Research Institutions Funded by the National Institutes of Health is in Direct Violation of the Law WASHINGTON -- President Trump's Administration is imposing a new policy to cap indirect costs for National Institutes of more PR