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Haws, Lawson nominated to commissions

Haws, Lawson nominated to commissions

Two weeks and counting until we gavel out of the 2023 legislative session. While it started out promising with historic revenues to appropriate, the process has gotten bogged down in education funding and policy disagreements. 05/18/2023 05:00 AM

Countering coercion

Countering coercion

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for quite some time has used malign economic coercion tactics to intimidate its neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region and manipulate them to surrender to various types of political, economic and other demands. 05/18/2023 05:00 AM

Supporting state’s military installations

Supporting state’s military installations

May is Military Appreciation Month, and there is no better place to celebrate our nation’s active-duty service members and veterans than right here in Oklahoma. 05/18/2023 05:00 AM

Bill on seniors caught in education battle

Bill on seniors caught in education battle

The countdown is on as the final month of session gets underway. 05/11/2023 05:00 AM

Library Book Sale, Craft Show, blood drive planned June 3

Library Book Sale, Craft Show, blood drive planned June 3

Friends of the Newcastle Public Library will host their annual Book Sale and Craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 3 at the library, 705 N.W. 10th Street. 05/11/2023 05:00 AM

Bringing critical supply chains home

Bringing critical supply chains home

The House of Representatives passed two critical pieces of legislation recently. While the more widely known bill addressed the debt ceiling, we also passed a consequential bipartisan and bicameral resolution to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for its illegal trade subsidies and return critical manufacturing capacity to the United States where it belongs. 05/11/2023 05:00 AM

Research when choosing contractors

Research when choosing contractors

It’s been a blur since the tornado struck our district. I want to thank all of the first responders, law enforcement officers, utility workers, local, state, and federal officials and workers, along with the many volunteers who have worked around the clock to help our neighbors in McClain County as they work to put their lives back together. 05/04/2023 05:00 AM

Passing the buck

Passing the buck

The late, great Democratic President Harry S. Truman once famously placed a sign on his desk which proclaimed, “The Buck Stops Here.” Surely, “Give ‘em Hell Harry” is rolling in his grave on the release of the Biden Administration’s reports on its disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. 05/04/2023 05:00 AM

FEMA in the Field: Disaster survivor assistance in Oklahoma

FEMA in the Field: Disaster survivor assistance in Oklahoma

Residents who sustained damage or losses caused by the recent severe storms and tornadoes in McClain county can register with FEMA in the following ways: 05/04/2023 05:00 AM

Veterans, those serving are patriots

Veterans, those serving are patriots

In 2016, God brought me Matt. Having spent most of his life in the custody of the Department of Human Services, there was a long adjustment period. In fact, I would say we are still adjusting almost eight years later. Through the ups and downs of our relationship with Matt, however, our love for him has never changed. 04/27/2023 05:00 AM

Lowering energy costs

Lowering energy costs

U.S. Congressman 04/27/2023 05:00 AM