Hern introduces anti-woke legislation   WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the Work Not Woke Act to the House of Representatives this week.    Hern’s bill is part of RSC’s anti-woke initiative, co-led by Anti-Woke Caucus Chairman Jim Banks (IN-03). The bill combats radical woke policies in the federal government… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) announced this week the hire of Marisa Burleson to the newly created Director of Operations and Member Services role in his Washington, DC, office.  Burleson comes to the Hern office with experience on Capitol Hill as a Constituent Services Representative and Scheduler for Representative Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Strategic… Read more »

Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement.  “For those who think this will harm President Trump’s chances at running for the White House in 2024, I have news for you: it won’t,” said Rep. Hern. “The same people who were outraged over the possibility of Hillary Clinton’s prosecution for obvious crimes are now celebrating yet another witch hunt… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the House passed HR 1, the Lowering Energy Costs Act.   Rep. Hern had an amendment included in the final legislation. Amendment No. 5 expresses the sense of Congress disapproving of the proposed tax hikes on the oil and natural gas industry in the president’s fiscal year 2024 budget… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after President Joe Biden released his FY 2024 budget proposal to Congress.    “The United States faces extreme challenges as a result of unchecked Democrat spending over the last two years,” said Chairman Hern. “Even record-high revenues cannot keep up with… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Kevin Hern (R-OK-01) and Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) introduced a bill to the House of Representatives today to increase access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics. Senators Shelley Moore Capitol (R-WV) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the same legislation in the US Senate.  The Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting YES on HR 347, the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Act.    “Inflation continues to be the number one concern for American families, and it has largely been driven by Democrat spending both in Congress and in the White House,” said… Read more »

“The Democrats’ out-of-control spending is running up our debt and hurting our economy”: Hern reacts to new CBO scores   WASHINGTON, DC –Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement regarding the CBO report released today.    “The CBO today confirmed what I have been saying for a long time: the Democrats’ out-of-control spending is running… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting YES on H.Res 104, a resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over United States territory as a brazen violation of United States sovereignty.    “President Biden failed the American people this week when he allowed a spy… Read more »

“Americans don’t want to hear dressed up lies”: Hern reacts to Biden’s State of the Union   WASHINGTON, DC – Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress.    “President Biden and his White House could not be more out of touch with the American… Read more »