WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following testimony by Ronald Graham, a member of the Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma Tribe, from a July 23, 2024, joint hearing with the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations entitled "Investigating How the Biden Administration Ignored Cries for Help from Students at Haskell Indian Nations University": * * * I am Dr. Ronald Graham, a pr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK The Senate unanimously passed legislation authored by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Gary Peters (D-MI), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) to create a program that allows federal agencies to lease underutilized properties with approval from the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), and to use the rent payments to help fund capital projects and facilities  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * The arrival of August in Congress means that both the House of Representatives and the Senate are out of session and the annual district work period has begun. In other words, this is a time when members of Congress are able to spend the month back in their districts with their constituents and local communities. This August tradition is historic in Congress, dating back many years. Howe  more