Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against a short-term bill to fund the government through next week. “Short-term CRs are a failure of leadership,” said Rep. Hern. “The longer we put off the hard work of writing a real budget – and sticking to it – the harder it will be to get back on track. The American people elected a… Read more »

Rep. Kevin Hern is planning to mlahoma and John James of Michigan. Mr. Hern said he wants the RSC to be a place where new members of Congress can share their ideas. “Members get elected up here and they get stuck on the back bench and they have to listen and don’t really get a chance to speak,” Mr. Hern said. “We want to give them a chance to introduce bills, talk about bills, talk… Read more »

U.S. Representative Kevin Hern of Tulsa released a statement after voting against two nonbinding resolutions regarding ongoing negotiations with railway workers’ unions.   Rep. Hern voted “NO” on House Joint Resolution 100 & House Concurrent Resolution 119.   His communications staff sent an email to The Oklahoma City Sentinel concerning his opposition to the… Read more »

One-party rule in Washington is down to its final few weeks, but it's not clear that all that much will change once Republicans take control of the House in January. Certainly, it depends upon your viewpoint. But before that new dynamic begins to play out, the current Congress has much to get done in its remaining few weeks. "We’re going to run out of funding on December 16, so we… Read more »

Oklahoma Republican Congressman Kevin Hern joins Fox Across America With guest host Paul Gleiser to shed light on why so many voters are concerned about the state of the economy, and what his party will do to get it back on track if they are able to win back control of the House and Senate next month. “The American people are getting crushed. If you think about now, it takes a month… Read more »

Conservatives blasted President Biden on Friday for warning that Republicans will "crash the economy" next year if the GOP wins control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.  Multiple prominent conservative Twitter users accused the president and Democrats of already doing that to the nation's economy and claimed they were trying to shift the blame. Biden made his… Read more »

Americans for Prosperity’s Congressional Conversations series invites federal lawmakers to discuss the problems on voters’ minds and offer solutions to those challenges. Congressman Kevin Hern joined the series in late September to tackle inflation and energy prices. AFP Senior Federal Legislative Liaison Matthew Silver and AFP-Oklahoma State Director John Tidwell moderated the… Read more »

Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against HR 6833, the Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 16th. “More spending is not the answer,” said Rep. Hern. “We wouldn’t be in this situation if we had a budget, but Congress has failed the American people in that for years. My budget was the only one introduced in the House… Read more »

U.S. Representative Kevin Hern, R-Tulsa, won some important policy victories in recent days, but being a Republican in the U.S. House run by Nancy Pelosi, he also lost some battles.   But the Tulsa Congressman is proving durable in pressing for conservative laws, while working with the majority Democrats where common ground is found.   Hern's office released the following… Read more »

Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) participated in several days of markup in the Ways and Means Committee this week, including legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Rep. Hern. Multiple Hern priorities received votes during the markup, including Hern-sponsored legislation covering global tax policy and access to health care services, and Hern-supported programs to reauthorize a… Read more »