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Hern commends longtime communications director

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Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement on the departure of longtime Communications Director Miranda Dabney. Dabney will join the House Appropriations Committee as Communications Director under Chairman Tom Cole (OK-04) next week. “Since my first day in office, Miranda Dabney has served Oklahoma’s First District with unwavering dedication,” said Rep. Hern. “Over nearly s...

Hern introduces legislation to protect small businesses

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Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the American Franchise Act (AFA) today with Democrat co-lead Representative Don Davis (NC-01). The legislation provides stability for the franchise model of small business by aligning federal statute with longstanding precedent and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) policy. “As one of the few franchisees in Congress, I understand how damaging an ever...

Honoring the life of Charlie Kirk

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Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern released the following statement after the tragic death of Charlie Kirk. “Political violence is meant to silence the voice and will of the people. Rest assured, anyone who has heard of Charlie Kirk, knows that the movement he inspired will never let the evil actions of a coward stop the advancement of civility, liberty, and patriotism that he helped ...

Hern, Sewell introduce Home Health Stabilization Act

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Representatives Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Terri Sewell (AL-07) introduced the Home Health Stabilization Act of 2025, legislation to create a more sustainable payment system for Medicare Home Health Agencies (HHAs) to ensure patients have access to rehabilitative care that helps them recover and stay out of hospitals. HHAs have suffered multiple setbacks in recent years, putting a strain on the nurse...

Work brings dignity, and work requirements are a good thing

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The recent debate over President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act has laid bare the fundamental divide between Republicans and Democrats on the role of the individual in society at large, — a divide rooted in competing visions of human potential and responsibility. Democrats believe the government’s role is to spend unlimited tax dollars on inefficient programs. Republicans, on the other hand, ...

How to Protect Small Businesses from Bureaucratic Overreach

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Countless Americans see the United States as the land of opportunity. This belief is vividly demonstrated through the relentless pursuit of the American dream. According to the Small Business Administration, there are over 30 million small businesses across America. For each one of the individuals behind these businesses, opportunity is not just an ideal, it is a reality. Small business owners sac...

Hern mourns Heritage founder Ed Feulner

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Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement mourning the loss of Ed Feulner, founder of the Heritage Foundation and the Republican Study Committee. “Ed Feulner remains one of the great heroes of conservatism,” said Chairman Hern. “His work has strengthened and inspired the conservative movement for more than 50 years. I’m eternally grateful for his impa...

Landmark Legislation and a Bright Future for America’s Digital Economy

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For the past four years, the digital asset industry was under assault by the Biden administration and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s hostile posture towards America’s emergent digital economy. When President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance took office, they promised to work with Congress to update the law and usher in a new “golden age” for digital assets and blockchain technology. This week...

Hern votes for One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, codifying the Trump Agenda

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Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting in support of HR 1, the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act. This legislation codifies key pillars of President Trump’s agenda. “It took an incredible amount of work to get this bill across the finish line, starting several years ago with field hearings, stakeholder meetings, and a lot of research into ni...

Hern applauds G7 agreement on OECD global tax deal

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House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement in support of the G7 global tax agreement. Hern led the House Ways and Means Committee’s Global Competitiveness Task Force last Congress, with a key focus on international tax. “Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Bessent’s leadership on the world stage, we are moving in the right direction to protec...

INTERVIEW: Rep. Kevin Hern flies constituents home after their harrowing Middle East ordeal

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For Rep. Kevin Hern (R., Okla.), “Hern Works” is more than just empty words. The lawmaker, an avid pilot himself, recently embarked on a flight like he’s never done before: bringing recently-rescued constituents from Florida back home to Oklahoma on a Gulfstream Five that he paid for out of pocket. The group of constituents was mostly from several Oklahoma churches who were stranded in Israel amid...

GOP Congressman: U.S. Tax Sovereignty Under Threat | Opinion

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The U.S. tax code is subject to continual review by Congress. It's a system that honors merit; tax incentives in the United States aim to reward pro-growth outcomes. Success in the marketplace comes from innovation, productivity, and job creation. That's the American way. The American approach to tax competition isn't a chaotic free-for-all; it's a deliberate engine that drives investment based o...

The Senate must eliminate foreign fraud and abuse in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

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The House recently passed a package of pro-growth policies included in President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.” It’s a bold package of tax cuts, pro-family policies, and investments in American prosperity. But one critical piece of this legislation now hangs in the balance: closing the “double duty drawback loophole” for tobacco. This outrageous provision allows foreign tobacco companie...

Hern votes to cut wasteful and fraudulent spending

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Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) voted in favor of HR 4, a rescissions package eliminating over $9 billion of previously appropriated funds. “A country that’s $37 trillion in debt needs to make tough fiscal decisions,” said Chairman Hern. “This isn’t easy, which is why President Trump is the only president in the last 25 years to submit a rescissions request to Congress. Cut...

Rescinding Woke and Wasteful Spending

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This week, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Rescissions Act of 2025 in response to a formal request submitted to Congress by President Donald Trump. From 1974 to 2000, it was commonplace for the president to request rescissions of funding under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. In fact, every president from Gerald Ford through Bill Clinton both m...