Coburn Reports on Stimulus Waste
Sen. Tom Coburn released a report this morning on 100 projects being funded by stimulus money in which there may be less than meets the eye.
“Rather than growing our economy, the overall impact of stimulus spending may prove to be harmful to our economy. For example, Washington’s efforts to ‘stimulate’ the economy are increasing [...]
Lucas Warns About Global Warming Bill
In advance of a House Agriculture Committee meeting on Thursday about the impact global warming legislation will have on agriculture, Rep. Frank Lucas gave a short speech on the House floor today warning that the bill “has the potential to permanently damage the standard of living for every man, woman, and child for decades to [...]
Vote on Paid Maternity Leave
Oklahoma’s members of the U.S. House split along party lines Thursday on a bill that would give federal employees four weeks of paid leave for births, adoptions or beginning foster care.
Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, voted for the bill; Reps. Tom Cole, R-Moore; Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City; and Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, voted against it. Rep. John [...]
Inhofe, Lucas Against Obama Proposals
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, are taking public stands today against proposals of President Barack Obama.
Inhofe will lead an effort to assure detainees at Gitmo won’t be transferred to prison facilities in the United States.
And Lucas is holding a news conference to say rural America will suffer disproportionately from the president’s [...]
Inhofe Questions Gates
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, questioned Defense Secretary Robert Gates this morning about the secretary’s decision to cancel some weapons programs, including the Future Combat Systems manned ground vehicles. One of those vehicles was a cannon that was supposed to be partially assembled in Elgin.
Warning: This clip is full of Defense Department acronymns and jargon.
NY Times Slams Coburn Gun Amendment
The New York Times today criticized Senate passage of an amendment by Sen. Tom Coburn to allow loaded firearms in national parks.
Boren Backs Apology to Indians
Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, has introduced a resolution in the House to apologize to Native Americans for the way they have been treated by the U.S. government.
Boren’s resolution is the same as one that has been offered in previous years by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, that apologizes for the “many instances of violence, maltreatment and [...]
American-Made Flags
To Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, there’s something downright un-American about American flags made in other countries.
And if he has his way, there won’t be any.
Boren and a Republican congressman from South Carolina have introduced a bill that would prohibit the import of foreign-made American flags — perhaps the ultimate buy-American bill.
“The most important symbol of [...]
Chimp Attack: The Coburn Connection?
Wayne Pacelle, the head of the Humane Society of the United States, says several factors contributed to the chimpanzee attack of a woman in Connecticut on Monday, including Sen. Tom Coburn’s blocking of a bill last year to ban the interstate transport of monkeys and chimpanzees for the pet trade. The bill passed the House overwhelmingly, but [...]
TARP Funds in OK
According to the latest U.S. Treasury Department information, only one Oklahoma bank has taken money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (otherwise known as TARP, or the financial industry bail-out plan passed by Congress last fall).
Southwest Bancorp, Inc., the publicly-traded parent of Stillwater National Bank, took $70 million in December, according to Treasury.
The company reported [...]
