Dec 14
More than 900 Oklahomans attended a series of Open Meetings and Open Records seminars presented this fall by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office and the Oklahoma Press Association in different regions of the state. The series, which wrapped up this week in Oklahoma City, kicked off Sept. 25 in Lawton. Other stops included Tulsa, Enid and …
Dec 14
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott released the following statement as the first session of the 118thCongress wraps up. “When Mike Johnson was elected speaker, he indicated he wanted to pass the farm bill in December and begin negotiating with the Senate ‘as soon as possible.’ Today, Republicans are going home for the holidays and …
Dec 14
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, with Cole’s support. The legislation authorizes funding for our nation’s military personnel and families, industrial base readiness and operations, research, …
Dec 14
Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is talking with Emily Ellis of the Animal Agriculture Alliance about work the group is doing to tackle issues regarding animal activist groups. “At the Animal Agriculture Alliance, we are here to monitor animal rights groups and adversarial groups, so farmers and ranchers don’t have to,” Ellis said. …
Dec 14
The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture recently selected Roland Public Schools and Navajo Public Schools to receive the $10,000 Growing with the Foundation grant. The Growing with the Foundation grant is designed to help students learn about agriculture through assisting schools with the purchase of a teaching greenhouse. “We are proud to award Roland …
Dec 14
Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after, H.R. 1135, the Countering Economic Coercion Act of 2023, legislation cosponsored along with House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (NY-05), received a markup and passed out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. If signed into law, this legislation would provide the executive branch new tools …
Dec 14
Company Donates More than 32,000 Pounds of Protein to Northern Illinois Food Bank. Smithfield Foods donated more than 32,000 pounds of protein, the equivalent of 130,000 servings, to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. This donation of pork products will help fight hunger and provide nutritionally important protein for Illinois families this holiday season. “Hunger does …
Dec 14
To view the latest Oklahoma drought map, CLICK HERE. According to the latest Oklahoma drought monitor report, exceptional drought remains at zero, unchanged from the past three months. Extreme drought or worse remains at 1.15 percent, unchanged from last week. Severe drought or worse remains at 10.38 percent, unchanged from last week. Moderate drought or worse is now …
Dec 14
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today voted to support the final version of the annual Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which supports Oklahoma’s military installations and bolsters our national defense initiatives along with numerous priorities Lankford secured for Oklahomans. The conference report was adopted by the Senate in a vote of 87-13 and now …
Dec 14
Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting YES on the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Fiscal Year 2024 NDAA authorizes a topline of $886.3 billion for national defense programs at the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department …
