Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after news of President Biden’s $6 billion ransom payment to Iran.
“The Biden Administration’s hostage ransom deal with Iran endangers Americans and is yet another foreign policy failure from this White House,” said Chairman Hern. “President Biden is either stupid or naïve to believe… Read more »
The chairman of the House’s biggest Republican caucus says he “stands by” his call for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to cross the southern border.
Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., first advocated that the House impeach Mayorkas in October, and earlier this week Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, filed articles of… Read more »
The lifting of Title 42, due for Wednesday, is expected to spur a wave of migration at the southern border.
“Our national security is an afterthought to the Biden administration and this Department of Homeland Security,” the House Committee on the Judiciary GOP account tweeted. “Title 42 ends in two days. Get ready for more of this.”
“Border Patrol expects the average daily… Read more »
Oklahoma Republican Congressman Kevin Hern joins Fox Across America With guest host Paul Gleiser to share his reaction to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claiming President Biden has “done the work” to deal with the crisis happening at our Southern border.
“We’re seeing 8 to 10,000 a day crossing. The Customs and Border Protection agents are expecting that to increase to… Read more »
President Joe Biden has come under intense pressure to free former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan after he swapped Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, a.k.a. the “Merchant of Death,” for WNBA star Brittney Griner.
While the Biden administration has celebrated the release of Brittney Griner, some Republican lawmakers believe that Viktor Bout had committed crimes far too great to warrant the swap.… Read more »
Today, Representatives Kevin Hern (OK-01), Frank Lucas (OK-03), Tom Cole (OK-04), Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), and Stephanie Bice (OK-05) released the following statement in honor of the passage of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.
“Since being elected, Senator Inhofe has been a titan for the state of Oklahoma. He has tirelessly worked to… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting in favor of the 2023 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
“Maintaining our national security is Congress’ most important Constitutional responsibility,” said Rep. Hern. “Senator Inhofe’s final NDAA ensures that our military will continue to be equipped to protect the United… 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 »
Following an FBI raid Monday on former President Donald Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Republican members of Congress are vowing to launch an investigation into what they view as a blatantly partisan political Justice Department if they retake control of the House of Representatives in November.
“Since they took office, the Biden… Read more »
Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) joined us on Thursday for our monthly podcast to talk about his recently introduced bill, HR 8566, the Withholding Illegal Revenue Entering Drug Markets (WIRED) Act, to the House of Representatives.
Based on a similar policy enacted by the state of Oklahoma, Hern said HR 8566 imposes a 5% fee on remittances out of the United States, with the… Read more »