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, ... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
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... Read More »
Why are foreign investment funds that finance predatory lawsuits against U.S. companies allowed to dodge taxes on their legal payouts? Good question, and now North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern are seeking to close this anti-growth loophole. Third-party litigation financing has exploded in recent years as private investment funds chase high returns goosed by America’s tort... Read More »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced HR 3512, the Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act to the House of Representatives this week, addressing the out-of-control third-party litigation funding (TPLF) market and providing much-needed relief for the middle class and curbing frivolous lawsuits. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is leading the companion bill in the Senate. "Third party funders sho... Read More »
Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) celebrated the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act in the House of Representatives this morning. “President Trump and the American people gave us a clear mandate; today we delivered,” said Rep. Hern. “While Democrats have been demagoguing and fearmongering, spreading lies about what this legislation does or doesn’t do, Republicans have... Read More »
Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement in support of President Trump’s budget proposal for FY 2026. “President Trump continues to follow through on the America First Agenda with a budget proposal that makes good on the promises he made to the American people,” said Chairman Hern. “The President’s plan will increase border security funding, unleash ... Read More »
