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May 4, 2022
Weekly Columns

Free speech is the bedrock of our nation and essential to a functioning democracy. Under the First Amendment, free speech is guaranteed as an inalienable right of each and every American. We should take great pride in being the only country in the world which recognizes people’s right to express themselves freely and peacefully, even when others may disagree.

April 27, 2022
Weekly Columns

Our nation has finally returned to normalcy. Businesses have reopened, kids are back in school, restaurants are busy, and Americans are traveling again – yet the Biden administration is maintaining unnecessary and out-of-date COVID-19 policies.

April 26, 2022
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, April 6, 2022 Rep. Stephanie Bice introduced legislation to rename the post office at 120 E. Oak Ave. in Seminole, Oklahoma after Army Sgt. Bret D. Isenhower. Isenhower grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma, graduating from Seminole High before attending East Central University. He served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan before being killed in action. Isenhower was posthumously granted several awards, including a Purple Heart, Bronze Star medal, Oklahoma Meritorious Service medal, and a Global War on Terrorism Medal. This legislation has the support of the entire Oklahoma House Delegation. Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) introduced the companion bill in the United States Senate earlier this month.
April 20, 2022
Weekly Columns

Our nation is experiencing an unprecedented crisis at our southern border – a place that is supposed to be the bedrock of maintaining order, fairness, and security for the American people. Instead, President Biden opened the flood gates to illegal immigration on day one of his presidency by reversing the “Catch and Release” and “Remain in Mexico” policies.

April 13, 2022
Washington, DC – April 13, 2022....Congressional members of the Arkansas and Oklahoma delegations today released the following statements after Canoo, a high-tech advanced mobility company with announced headquarters in Northwest Arkansas and factories in Oklahoma, was officially chosen by NASA to produce vehicle transport for astronauts during the future Artemis mission to the Moon.
April 13, 2022
Weekly Columns

President Biden has been desperately searching for ways to lower record-high gas prices, yet instead of addressing the root causes, he continues to slap a bandage on this self-inflicted crisis by tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). This is the third time Biden has tapped into this emergency reserve since coming into office.

Issues:Energy and Environment
April 7, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (R-OK) introduced the bipartisan IRS Customer Service Modernization Act along with the support of Representatives Rogers (R-AL), Meijer (R-MI), and McCormick (D-FL). This legislation would require the Secretary of Treasury to create an action plan within 60 days of enactment to complete the following: quarterly goals and benchmarks to allow zero backlog by Dec. 31, 2023, technical upgrades to improve processing times of tax returns, strategy to improve recruitment and retention rates at the IRS, improving taxpayer in-person meeting access to the Taxpayer Advocate Service and IRS, rapid identification of math errors and immediate notification of the taxpayer, and technological improvements to the IRS website for more efficient customer service. As of Dec. 31, 2021, there were still 6 million unprocessed individual returns, and in FY21, the IRS only responded to 11% of the 282 million phone calls by a customer service representative.
April 6, 2022
Weekly Columns

President Biden submitted his budget proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 to Congress last week, which serves as a wish list of his funding priorities. Although presidential budgets are only requests, his legislative ideas, with a price tag of $5.8 trillion, are simply out-of-touch with the real needs of the American people.

Issues:Budget and Spending
April 5, 2022

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) questioned Secretary Austin and General Milley in the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 defense budget.

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March 30, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business this morning to discuss the unprovoked attack on Ukraine and President Biden's lack of defense spending in his Fiscal Year 2023 budget.