WASHINGTON - House Republicans, confident the upcoming midterm elections will vault them into the majority, unveiled the legislative priorities they intend to pursue next year, calling them, collectively, their “Commitment to America.” Reminiscent of the “Contract with America” that Newt Gingrich and the would-be Republican majority rallied around prior to the 1994 midterms, current… Read more »

U.S. Representative Kevin Hern, R-Tulsa, won some important policy victories in recent days, but being a Republican in the U.S. House run by Nancy Pelosi, he also lost some battles.   But the Tulsa Congressman is proving durable in pressing for conservative laws, while working with the majority Democrats where common ground is found.   Hern's office released the following… Read more »

In the eyes of one national business group, Oklahoma congressman Kevin Hern is a “guardian” of small businesses in the U.S. The McCarville Report says the GOP Representative was honored by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Click here for McCarville Report Read more »

WASHINGTON - The pressure is beginning to build on Democratic leaders in Congress to take the steps needed to approve a short-term budget and avoid a government shutdown. With a Sept. 30 deadline, passing a proper budget isn’t an option at this point. As has become so common in recent years, Congress will have to pass a continuing resolution -- a CR -- and members of the Oklahoma… Read more »

While gasoline prices have fallen in Oklahoma in the past several weeks, growing inflation grabbed the attention Tuesday of Oklahoma U.S. Reps. Kevin Hern and Tom Cole following the government’s announcement that the Consumer Price Index grew by 0.1% from July and 8.3% higher than a year ago. “Inflation remains the number one issue facing our nation,” said Rep. Hern. “August’s… Read more »

Campaign season, competing legislation, and the unknown of the lame duck session may prevent the Senate from acting on a bill to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs, despite efforts by the lawmakers behind the bill to push it ahead. "I’m glad Senate Democrats made important progress to address the skyrocketing costs of insulin in the Inflation Reduction Act, but those provisions are only… Read more »

WASHINGTON - State Representatives Kevin Hern and Tom Cole shared their sympathies with the British people for their loss. “I join millions around the world mourning the loss of Queen Elizabeth,” said Hern. “Her life was defined by love for family and devotion to country. She served God with every breath. My prayers are with the Mountbatten-Windsor family and the people of the United… Read more »

Appearing Friday on the Fox Business Network, Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) took aim at President Joe Biden’s address in which he accused former President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans” of threatening the United States’ democratic system of government. A transcript is as follows: INTERVIEWER: Congressman, I want to get your take on this because the president essentially is attacking… Read more »

While Democrats and the White House are celebrating their passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, one opposed by every one of Oklahoma’s U.S. Representatives and Senators, the impact on the state’s oil and gas industry and across the U.S. is coming. All it takes is for President Biden to sign it into law. As the American Petroleum Institute pointed out after the Friday vote of… Read more »

Several House Republicans condemned Democrats' apparent plans to increase taxes in 2023 if they were to keep majority control in Congress. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said Democrats would seek to boost both corporate and individual tax rates if they kept control of the House following the upcoming midterm elections in… Read more »