WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Andy Biggs (R-AZ) sent a letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz requesting that the Inspector General open an investigation into the United States Marshals Service' (USMS) carelessness and excessive force during a false arrest of an 66-  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * During Native American Heritage Month, HUD's Office of Native American Programs will host a national Native Homeownership and Asset Building Summit. The Summit will take place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 20-21, 2024, and it will include breakout sessions, a trade show, and community activities. Daily plenary sessions will feature remarks from local and Tr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: The Senate unanimously passed a bill introduced by Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to name the new Veterans Administration (VA) 275,000-square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital in Tulsa the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center in honor of the life and legacy of the late-Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, who tirelessly served our military, veterans, and their families for his   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator Markwayne Mullen (R-OK) joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and joined 18 of their Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden asking his administration to reverse course on supporting constraints on manufacturing and the development of target lists that identify chemicals and plastic   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: The Senate unanimously passed a bill introduced by U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and James Lankford (R-OK) to name the new Veterans Administration (VA) 75,000-square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital in Tulsa the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center in honor of the life and legacy of the late-Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, who tirelessly served our military, veterans, and their families fo  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Nov. 20 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is challenging the Biden Administration's unlawful and sweeping regulations of cryptocurrency with a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Drummond and a coalition of 17 other state attorneys general filed the litigation last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Recent   more

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that five members of a drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty to Drug Conspiracy and other federal drug and drug-related crimes. Rito Alvarado Gomez, age 36, pleaded guilty to Drug Conspiracy. Jose Alberto Alvarado Gomez, age 34, Ricardo Villeda, age 26, and Iris Yoselin Lu  more

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Herman Will Sanders, Jr., age 40, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Indictment alleged that on June 5, 2023, Sanders knowingly and intentionally distributed methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance, in the Easte  more

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Patrick Dwayne Murphy, age 52, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, was sentenced to life in prison for second degree murder in Indian country. The charges arose from an investigation by the McIntosh County Sheriff's Department, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Federal  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- President Biden issued the following letter to House on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Requesting for Additional Funding for Disaster Relief Dear Mr. Speaker: With the Congress now back in session, I write to request urgently needed emergency funding to provide for an expeditious and meaningful Federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters. In the weeks since these deadly storms tore through com  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * A Heritage to be Proud of In August of 1990, President George H.W. Bush declared November as National Native American Heritage Month. Today, 34 years later, November remains a time to celebrate our nation's first Americans, as well as their traditions, languages, and stories. While November has been declared as a time that we should all celebrate the history of our tribal nations, as   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 8371, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act: "Since the founding of our nation, countless brave men and women have answered the call to serve our nation in the armed forces. Nothing short of heroes, we can truly never do enough to adequately honor t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 31 state attorneys general in sending a letter yesterday to congressional leadership urging them to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) introduced by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), crucial legislation protecting children from online harm, before the end of the year. The coalition letter emphasized  more