WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) introduced the Facilitating Accountability in Reimbursements Act (FAIR Act) to harmonize billing practices in off campus hospital outpatient facilities to reflect the site of care. Off-campus hospital outpatient departments are currently being paid higher by Medicare for offering the same services as physician offices. Th... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement regarding the weaponization of the IRS to benefit one political party and harm another. “Americans have seen their government weaponized against conservatives over and over and over again,” said Rep. Hern. “Speaker McCarthy has joined our calls for an investigation into the abuse happening at the IRS, made explicit... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting in favor of HR 2, the Secure the Border Act. “Unlike our President, I’ve been to the Southern border to see the disastrous impact of his failure to address the border crisis,” said Rep. Hern. “Today, we passed the strongest border security measure the House of Representatives has ever seen. It couldn’t... Read More »
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01), Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Representative Tom Cole (OK-04), Representative Frank Lucas (OK-03), Representative Stephanie Bice (OK-05), and Representative Josh Brecheen (OK-02) issued the following statement after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services threated to rescind St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okl... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act. “We could not have gotten to this victory today without the hard-working determination of my colleagues on the Republican Study Committee,” said Chairman Hern. “Our membership has taken the debt limit discussion seriously sinc... Read More »
Hern introduces anti-woke legislation WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the Work Not Woke Act to the House of Representatives this week. Hern’s bill is part of RSC’s anti-woke initiative, co-led by Anti-Woke Caucus Chairman Jim Banks (IN-03). The bill combats radical woke policies in the federal government wasting taxpayer money and preventing feder... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced this week the hire of Marisa Burleson to the newly created Director of Operations and Member Services role in his Washington, DC, office. Burleson comes to the Hern office with experience on Capitol Hill as a Constituent Services Representative and Scheduler for Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Strategic Initiatives Coordinator at... Read More »
Everyone’s talking about energy these days. Whether it’s the still-high price of gas or the many different alternative fuel sources celebrities are hawking – energy is on everyone’s minds. What it costs, how to access it, and what’s the newest thing. Energy is as much a part of Oklahoma history as the cowboys. A hundred years ago, Tulsa was the oil capitol of the entire world. Oil barons from arou... Read More »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement. “For those who think this will harm President Trump’s chances at running for the White House in 2024, I have news for you: it won’t,” said Rep. Hern. “The same people who were outraged over the possibility of Hillary Clinton’s prosecution for obvious crimes are now celebrating yet another witch hunt against the former President an... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the House passed HR 1, the Lowering Energy Costs Act. Rep. Hern had an amendment included in the final legislation. Amendment No. 5 expresses the sense of Congress disapproving of the proposed tax hikes on the oil and natural gas industry in the president’s fiscal year 2024 budget request. The amendment passe... Read More »
As Americans “spring forward” having spent more of their winter paychecks to heat their homes and fill their tanks, they are rightly wondering when relief will come. Last summer, the average price of a gallon of gas exceeded $5. Americans of every walk of life need assurance that reliable and affordable energy will be readily available to them in the future. Without that assurance, New Englanders ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after President Joe Biden released his FY 2024 budget proposal to Congress. “The United States faces extreme challenges as a result of unchecked Democrat spending over the last two years,” said Chairman Hern. “Even record-high revenues cannot keep up with the rate of spending, which has driven ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Kevin Hern (R-OK-01) and Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) introduced a bill to the House of Representatives today to increase access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics. Senators Shelley Moore Capitol (R-WV) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the same legislation in the US Senate. The Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2023 would allow Medicare to cover ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting YES on HR 347, the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Act. “Inflation continues to be the number one concern for American families, and it has largely been driven by Democrat spending both in Congress and in the White House,” said Rep. Hern. “Americans elected a Repu... Read More »
The public watched as a Communist Chinese spy balloon traversed nearly the entire continental United States this month, floating freely from Montana to Myrtle Beach before President Joe Biden finally gave the green light for the U.S. military to shoot it down. Biden’s balloon debacle was an important reminder that China will seek to exploit any real or perceived weakness from the U.S. in its quest... Read More »
