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GOP Rep. Kevin Hern on Biden’s Speech: Did More to ‘Divide Us Last Night Than Ever’

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Appearing Friday on the Fox Business Network, Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) took aim at President Joe Biden’s address in which he accused former President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans” of threatening the United States’ democratic system of government. A transcript is as follows: INTERVIEWER: Congressman, I want to get your take on this because the president essentially is attacking…

Insulin Price Caps Aren’t the Answer

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Over the past several decades, the federal government has exercised unprecedented control over aspects of American life that our Founders never intended—including your personal medical decisions. As a life-long job creator and small business owner, I know the dangers of an intrusive government. Regulators in the executive branch don’t know what it takes to develop a product, find your…

Act critics say it won’t help reduce inflation and won’t help country’s long-term energy needs

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While Democrats and the White House are celebrating their passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, one opposed by every one of Oklahoma’s U.S. Representatives and Senators, the impact on the state’s oil and gas industry and across the U.S. is coming. All it takes is for President Biden to sign it into law. As the American Petroleum Institute pointed out after the Friday vote of…

Hern votes against tax hikes and Green New Deal spending

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Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against the Democrats’ Income Reduction Act. “I’m in DC today to cast my vote against the largest expansion of the federal government in our history,” said Rep. Hern. “I’ve heard from thousands of Oklahomans this week, and it’s unanimous: no one wants this bill. No one believes the White House’s lies, because…

Republicans slam Dems' plans to increase taxes again in 2023: 'The left's Holy Grail is tax hikes'

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Several House Republicans condemned Democrats' apparent plans to increase taxes in 2023 if they were to keep majority control in Congress. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said Democrats would seek to boost both corporate and individual tax rates if they kept control of the House following the upcoming midterm elections in…

Oklahoma lawmakers respond to House passing Inflation Reduction Act

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TULSA, Okla.  —  Friday night, a bill dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, passed the House of Representatives and is now on its way to the president's desk. The more than $730 billion package expands the IRS, addresses climate change, and aims to lower the price of some prescription drugs. With inflation at the top of mind for many Oklahomans, prices going up everything…

GOP Rips Biden’s ‘Ridiculous’ 0% Inflation Spin: WH ‘Living in Fairytale’ as Americans Living ‘Nightmare’

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Following President Joe Biden’s claim America experienced “zero inflation” this past month, Republican officials in the House and Senate derided the “out of touch” remarks, accusing the Biden administration of “living in a fairytale while Americans are living in a nightmare.” On Wednesday, President Biden boasted that the U.S. economy experienced no inflation in the month of July,…

Biden, WH claims US has ‘zero inflation’ despite annual rate remaining 8.5%

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President Biden tried to claim Wednesday that the US had “zero inflation” in July hours after federal Consumer Price Index data showed annual inflation dipping only slightly to 8.5%, which outraged Republicans and other critics who pointed out it’s still near a four-decade high. The latest figures reflected a demand-driven decline in fuel prices — including gasoline, which hit a record…

GOP Lawmakers Vow Probe of FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

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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…

PODCAST: Rep. Kevin Hern Talks Wired Act and the Economy

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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…