WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced his campaign for Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives this morning following current Leader Steve Scalise’s nomination to be the next Speaker of the House. Rep. Hern announced his campaign with a letter to his Republican colleagues. You can read the letter here. Read More »

TULSA, OK – This morning, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced he is stepping back from the race for Speaker of the House after contacting all 221 Members of the Republican Conference. Watch his appearance on Fox News this morning here. The letter can be found here. Read More »

Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after news of President Biden’s $6 billion ransom payment to Iran. “The Biden Administration’s hostage ransom deal with Iran endangers Americans and is yet another foreign policy failure from this White House,” said Chairman Hern. “President Biden is either stupid or naïve to believe that Iran will only use the... Read More »

TULSA, OK – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after news of Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s multiple myeloma diagnosis. Leader Scalise served as Chairman of the Republican Study Committee in the 113th Congress. “Tammy and I are praying for Majority Leader Steve Scalise as he faces a multiple myeloma diagnosis,” said Chairman Hern. “Steve has be... Read More »

TULSA, OK – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released a statement of support following subpoenas issued from the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on the Judiciary to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigators and Biden Administration Department of Justice (DOJ) officials present at or with direct knowledge of a meeting on October 7, 2022, in which now-Special Counsel Da... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the House passed HR 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. “Conservatives have a lot to be happy with in this NDAA,” said Rep. Hern. “Under the leadership of Joe Biden, our military has been injected with woke ideology at the expense of our ability to combat China. The passage of R... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s student loan bailout in a vote of 6-3. “Forgiving student loans is not under the jurisdiction of the President of the United States,” said Rep. Hern. “Even former Speaker Nancy Pelosi agrees. On July 28, 2021, she said, ‘People think that the President of the United State... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) and Senator James Lankford (OK) led 31 Members of the House and Senate on a letter to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, and The Joint Commission President Jonathan Perlin regarding religious liberties for hospitals participating in the Medicare program. Recent threats to the Medicare status of a faith-based ho... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Kevin Hern’s (OK-01) legislation, HR 3799, the CHOICE Arrangements Act, passed the House of Representatives this afternoon 220-209 and is headed to the Senate. HR 3799, which passed the Ways and Means Committee last week, would allow employees to use money from their employer to buy a healthcare plan that works best for them. “The cost of healthcare, and the ever-gr... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) and RSC’s Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Ben Cline (VA-06) unveiled the RSC’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget proposal today, titled “Protecting America’s Economic Security”. The RSC Budget is a thorough plan to address our federal spending problem and start paying down our debts. The FY ’24 budget balances in seven years, cu... Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the Supply Chain Security Act to address the unintended consequences of the final foreign tax credit (FTC) regulations issued by the Department of the Treasury and the IRS on December 28, 2021. These regulations risk subjecting U.S. multinational corporations to double taxation and discourage investment in crucial supply chain markets. ... Read More »

Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) had a bill pass the House Committee on Ways and Means this afternoon in a 25-18 vote. HR 3799, the CHOICE Arrangement Act, would allow employees to use money from their employer to buy a healthcare plan that works best for them. “We all know the high cost of healthcare is a huge burden on employers and their employees,” said Rep. Hern. “The CHOICE Arrangement Act ... Read More »

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 »