TULSA, Okla. — Local businesses got the chance today to talk about how supply chain issues and staffing shortages are impacting them.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-District 1) met with local manufacturers to discuss supply chain issues and what can be done about them.
“There's nothing more important to our community, a thriving community in our state than having jobs and certainly… Read more »
BROKEN ARROW — Patrick Whalen, who works for TAT Limco, doesn’t mince words when it comes to the impact the pandemic had on the local aerospace company.
“Covid killed us,” said Whalen, Limco’s director of human resources and organizational development.
The company’s employee roster slipped from about 200 pre-COVID to below 100 during the pandemic, he said. Now, firm has returned to… Read more »
FIRST ON FOX: A new bill introduced by Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., would tax person-to-person wire transfers out of the United States as a way to discourage illegal immigration and combat cartel activity at the border -- a measure that has been called for by immigration hawks for years.
The WIRED (Withholding Illegal Revenue Entering Drug Markets) Act would charge a 5% fee on remittance… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Kevin Hern, R-Tulsa, and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas recently introduced H. Res. 1269 in response to the Biden Administration’s global tax mandate.
The resolution instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to provide models and reports about the effect of global tax agreements on the economy; specifically,… Read more »
FIRST ON FOX: A new bill introduced by Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., would tax person-to-person wire transfers out of the United States as a way to discourage illegal immigration and combat cartel activity at the border -- a measure that has been called for by immigration hawks for years.
The WIRED (Withholding Illegal Revenue Entering Drug Markets) Act would charge a 5% fee on remittance… Read more »
The U.S. economy has shrunk for a second straight quarter, at an annual rate of 0.9 percent, raising concerns that the country may be heading into a recession and compounding the Biden administration’s political challenges as it grapples with decades-high inflation.
The new figures, released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, come at a tumultuous time for the economy, though… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Legislation sponsored by Representative Kevin Hern, R-Tulsa, passed the House of Representatives this week. It was included in a larger tele-health package: House Resolution 4040, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act.
Previously, Rep. Hern introduced House Resolution 8497, the Protecting Mental Health Services Act.
The bill was included in this… Read more »
President Joe Biden’s administration is taking heat for apparent attempts to mask the meaning of a second consecutive quarter of negative growth for the U.S. economy.
While economists’ rule of thumb for a recession has typically been two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, the White House has recently argued that a second quarter of negative GDP growth does not necessarily… Read more »
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Kevin Hern released the following statement after voting against House Resolution 8294, which he described as "the Democrats’ partisan funding package."
“Again, I voted against further bloated spending from the federal government,” said Hern, a Tulsa Republican serving in Congress.
“Congressional Democrats have learned nothing over… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern is on a mission to cut federal spending, which he said has been ‘out of control’ under President Biden.
“Incredible spending,” said Hern (R-OK1) in an interview Tuesday. “We know that inflation has been caused by excessive spending and now we’re seeing a rise of some 10 to 20 percent.”
Rep. Hern is referring to the FY 2023 budget proposed… Read more »
