Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) closed out 2021 with a record number of constituent casework completed. Rep. Hern and his staff closed just over 900 cases in 2021 for constituents facing issues with federal agencies, more than double pre-pandemic numbers.
“The two most important aspects of my service to Oklahoma’s First District are casting my vote in the House of Representatives… Read more »
Looking back on President Joe Biden’s first year in the White House, there’s a lot to be desired. Despite unilateral control of Washington, DC, Democrat leaders have not fulfilled a single promise made on the campaign trail.
Biden promised no vaccine mandates; now, he’s lost multiple court battles over that very issue. He promised to shut down the virus; COVID deaths in 2021 outpaced… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern released the following statement after voting against the House Amendment to S. 610, a bill changing the rules of the Senate to allow the Democrats to circumvent the 60-vote threshold for cloture, which they can already do using the reconciliation process.
“Earlier this year, I led over 100 of my colleagues in the House in the commitment against voting for a… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) joined a bipartisan coalition of members from the House Committee on Ways and Means to introduce the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Reinstatement Act, a bill to reinstate the ERTC meant to help small businesses rehire and retain employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ERTC was overwhelmingly supported in the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief,… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against HR 6119, providing short-term funding for the federal government through February.
“Congress hasn’t passed a proper budget in years, and it’s been decades since we followed the timeline set out in the Congressional Budget Act,” said Rep. Hern. “No wonder our debt is soaring! The House… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against HR 5376, Biden’s Build Back Broke legislation.
“There’s not much that hasn’t already been said about this absolute train wreck of a bill,” said Rep. Hern. “I’ve made my position crystal clear: this bill is not only bad policy, it’s dangerous. I wish my colleagues could have the same… Read more »
Few issues have inspired the amount of outrage quite like the Democrats’ latest proposal allowing the IRS to spy on Americans’ bank accounts.
Their plot would require banks to report transactional data to the IRS on individual bank accounts. We hear about it from our constituents daily now – they’re scared, and rightfully so.
This isn’t just a fearmongering… Read more »
Yesterday, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) led 14 Members of Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives last night during a Special Order on Biden’s reckless spending agenda.
The Members discussed the failures of the Biden Administration and the hidden policies included in the ‘Build Back Broke’ plan, including raised taxes, increased regulations on small businesses,… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) joined a bill introduced by Representative Drew Ferguson (GA-03), the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, to ban the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing any new reporting requirements for banks or other financial institutions as part of the Biden Administration's aggressive bank surveillance regime. Strong concerns have been… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed she plans to add provisions to the socialist spending package requiring private financial institutions to report transaction-level data on the inflow and outflow of any bank accounts over $600.
“We spent over 40 hours marking up the radical reconciliation bill in the Ways and… Read more »
