President Biden admitted Wednesday that inflation was “unacceptably high” after the annual rate of price increases surged to 9.1% in June — the highest level since November 1981 — but then tried to brush off concerns about it, citing an incremental drop in gas prices. Biden also tried to deflect from the worse-than-expected figure by noting that it was “out of date” — something that… Read more »

Tulsa, Oklahoma – U.S. Representative Kevin Hern of Tulsa provided The Oklahoma City Sentinel and other news organizations a statement concerning his work in the First Congressional District before returning to Washington D.C. for legislative session.   “Oklahomans are concerned for our country” said Rep. Hern in a statement.   “I have spent the last few weeks talking to… Read more »

Representative Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, praised the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision in the case of 'Dobbs v. Jackson.'   The decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito, reversed the controversial 'Roe v. Wade' decision (1972) and restored regulation of abortion policy to the state level.   In a statement sent to The Oklahoma City Sentinel, Rep. Hern said: “Every child… Read more »

A bill introduced by Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee to track criminal fraud in connection with unemployment insurance during the pandemic is being ignored by the Biden administration and Democrats because it will hinder their calls to spend billions of dollars more, Rep. Kevin Hern, a member of the committee, told Newsmax on Thursday. "[Chuck] Schumer and Nancy… Read more »

They want you … to keep paying record-high gas prices! Americans will have to endure pain at the pump indefinitely in the name of the “liberal world order,” a top economic adviser to President Biden said Thursday — hours after Biden himself said US drivers would have to shell out the big bucks for “as long as it takes” for Ukraine to defeat Russia’s invasion. During an appearance on… Read more »

During a NATO summit in Spain on Thursday, President Biden slammed the U.S. Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade in last week’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.  The president claimed that the reversal of the 1973 ruling presented a threat to the current world order, specifically claiming that the decision has been "destabilizing." Critics on Twitter… Read more »

Oklahoma lawmakers and officials are weighing in on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on a case that overturns Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court released its opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Friday morning. The high court decided that a 2018 Mississippi state law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy is constitutional. The ruling now allows states to ban… Read more »

Skyrocketing energy costs have hit vulnerable communities the hardest as energy insecurity reduces access to quality education, food, medicine and other necessities, according to energy experts.  Fuel prices have dramatically increased since President Joe Biden took office, with the Biden administration canceling off-shore oil and gas leases and pushing to transition to green… Read more »

The Republican Study Committee Budget and Spending Task Force, led by Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) and Chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.), recently released its FY2023 Budget, the “Blueprint to Save America.”  In addition to numerous tax cuts for working families and small businesses, the Budget contains important institutional and constitutional protections for taxpayers, and vital… Read more »

The Republican Study Committee has done a great service by developing a serious proposal for getting to a federal balanced budget within seven years. You can read it yourself here. RSC Chairman Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana and RSC Budget and Spending Task Force Chairman Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma led the effort which produced a solid beginning for a discussion of how to make balancing… Read more »