This afternoon, Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) introduced the Asylum Abuse Reduction Act in the House of Representatives. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate this morning by Senator Jim Inhofe. Both Sen. Inhofe and Rep. Hern have visited the Southern border to see firsthand the state of the crisis that Customs and Border Patrol are dealing with. The uptick in asylum… Read more »

Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. “Funding our national defense is a bipartisan priority, but bipartisanship is not reflected in this bill,” said Rep. Hern. “The NDAA has long been the result of spirited bipartisan debate and participation, but the new Democrat majority has chosen to… Read more »

Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the passage of HR 3401 in the House of Representatives. “After 57 days of obstruction and denial, Democratic leadership finally came face to face with reality,” said Rep. Hern. “Speaker Pelosi does not have the iron grip on her caucus that she thought, they are tired of her blatant disregard for the will of the… Read more »

Partisan talking points are insignificant in the face of reality of the humanitarian and national security crisis on our hands. Here are the facts: in the month of May alone, 144,237 people were apprehended crossing the border illegally, totaling 650,000 since the start of 2019. In 2017, there were about 25,000 apprehensions per month, a 576% increase in less than 2 years. This puts an… Read more »

First District Congressman Kevin Hern hasn’t been in Washington long, but he has been there long enough to conclude the current impasse hasn’t all that much to do with policy. “This whole argument is really about 2020,” Hern, who took office in November, told the Tulsa Republican Club on Friday. “It’s unfortunate. Sad. But that’s the politics of what’s going on.” The $5.7 billion… Read more »

"The situation at our Southern border grows worse every day. But let's be clear - we are in this situation because Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats refuse to come to the table," said Representative Hern. Read more »

Some members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation released statements Tuesday night addressing President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address on the partial government shutdown. Rep. Kevin Hern: “President Trump is doing exactly what he promised the American people, and exactly what he said he would do for the last two years — breaking the Washington status quo in the process. The… Read more »