WASHINGTON, DC – This evening, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
“After serious consideration, I voted ‘no’ on Speaker Pelosi’s coronavirus legislation,” said Rep. Hern. “Following last week’s near-unanimous vote in support of a clean funding bill to combat coronavirus, the process… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Kevin Hern (OK-01), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) , expressed deep sadness over the loss of two American service members in Iraq on Wednesday, including Staff Sergeant Marshal Roberts from the 219th Engineering Installation Squadron, a unit of the 138th Fighter Wing of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – This afternoon, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement calling on Speaker Pelosi to keep Congress in session next week to continue negotiations on a bipartisan funding bill to combat COVID-19.
“When the President declares our country to be in a state of emergency, we do not abandon our posts and return home,” said Rep. Hern. “The Senate has… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – This morning, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) boycotted a scheduled hearing in the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples titled “The Irreparable Environmental and Cultural Impacts of the Proposed Resolution Copper Mining Operation.”
The Republican members of the Subcommittee acted in unison, refusing to participate in a hearing where key witnesses – the… Read more »
Tulsa, OK – This morning, a second patient tested (presumptive) positive for COVID-19 in Tulsa County. Representative Kevin Hern released the following statement in response.
“As another coronavirus case is confirmed in our community, I remind Oklahomans that this is not cause for panic,” said Rep. Hern. “Both victims in Tulsa are isolated cases contracted while traveling away from our… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday of last week, Congressmen Kevin Hern (OK-01), Tom Cole (OK-04), and Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, urging the EPA to continue granting relief to small refineries in accordance with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Fortunately, it was reported over the weekend that the Trump… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) recently joined HR 3062 as a cosponsor. HR 3062, the Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019, repeals the portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that restricts the expansion and new construction of physician-owned hospitals.
“Physician-owned hospitals provide top-notch care,” said Rep. Hern. “In fact, some of the… Read more »
TULSA, OK – Today, the Tulsa Health Department announced the news of a confirmed case of COVID-19 in Tulsa.
“I’m continuing to monitor the situation and am in contact with health officials at the local and federal levels. We are the world’s leaders in medical innovation, and I have no doubt that we will overcome the coronavirus threat and continue to set the pace for international… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – This afternoon, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) voted ‘Yes’ on HR 6074, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. The bill passed on a vote of 415-2.
“Today’s vote was a bipartisan commitment to the protection and safety of the American people,” said Rep. Hern. “These funds are going directly to the coronavirus response efforts, to… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million grant to the Tulsa Port of Catoosa, Oklahoma, to improve the critical freight rail infrastructure in the busy port city, which is prone to natural disasters. The EDA grant will be matched with $1.1 million in local investment and… Read more »
