Tag: Jim Inhofe

Editorial: Democrats threaten the military

November 21, 2019

The do-nothing Democrats in the U.S. House are so preoccupied with their attempted coup against President Trump that they are threatening the military. That’s right. U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Inhofe issued a somber warning about how the “impeachment inquiry” in the House and the possibility of…

Trump name state re-election team

October 17, 2019

Gov. Kevin Stitt, U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford, and U.S. Reps. Tom Cole, Kevin Hern, Frank Lucas and Markwayne Mullin were named honorary state chairmen of President Trump’s “Oklahoma Trump Victory Team” as part of his re-election drive. The campaign named Stephanie Alexander as the team’s regional political director.

Hern will run for re-election in ‘20

August 15, 2019

U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, announced his campaign for re-election in 2020. “After nearly three successful years of Donald Trump’s presidency, it is clear that solutions-oriented leaders are what we need in Congress,” said Hern. “While Democrats have wasted their first year in the majority with chaos and internal battles, Republicans have stayed true to…

The feds are sending unaccompanied minors to Ft. Sill

June 20, 2019

Unlike 2014, the federal government’s plan to house illegal aliens at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, will be better organized, according to U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma. The Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services have a temporary plan to house unaccompanied minors at military installations, including Fort Sill. “Decades of immigration failures,…

Sen. Inhofe, Sen. Lankford get high conservative rankings

April 25, 2019

Oklahoma senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford each got a 91 percent score from The American Conservative Union Foundation’s (ACUF) 48th Edition of its annual ratings of Congress. U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, got a rating of 80 percent while former Rep. Steve Russell was rated at 88 percent. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, was at…

Lankford’s bill to stop dismemberment

April 11, 2019

Senators James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, and Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, introduced the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2019. This bill would prohibit physicians from performing dismemberment abortions. It would impose a criminal fine, up to two years in prison, or both for individuals who perform this type of abortion. “Oklahomans and our nation are divided on…

McLain elected state GOP chairman

April 11, 2019

Former Tulsa County Republican Chairman David McLain was elected state party chairman during the State GOP Convention Saturday at First Baptist Church of Moore. After failing to pass a party platform last time, the new platform passed with 70 percent of the votes by about 1,000 delegates. “This Oklahoma State platform holds true to our…

Federal transportation grants given

December 20, 2018

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, said several Oklahoma communities received BUILD Grants from the Department of Transportation totaling $26.5 million today. Inhofe advocated for each of the grants through letters to Secretary Chao. The grants included $14.3 million for Oklahoma City’s Bus Rapid Transit system that will strengthen rural access and improve economic vitality; $5.7…

Farm Bureau honors Sen. Inhofe

November 8, 2018

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, recently was honored with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Friend of Farm Bureau Award for his efforts to support Oklahoma farmers and ranchers during the 115th U.S. Congress. Inhofe received the award after being nominated by Oklahoma Farm Bureau and approved by the American Farm Bureau Federation board of directors….

Pence stumps for Kevin Stitt in Tulsa

October 25, 2018

Part of Kevin Stitt’s campaign is to portray himself as a successful businessman – not a career politician – that can do for Oklahoma what President Donald Trump is doing for America. That theme was reinforced October 18 when Vice President Mike Pence spoke to a crowd of more than 4,000 Stitt supporters at the…