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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.
March 30, 2022
Weekly Columns

The People’s House is back, but unfortunately, still under serious restrictions thanks to House Democrats. Speaker Pelosi recently announced the first phase of the reopening of the Capitol which includes resuming tours starting on March 28. Instead of returning to pre-COVID capacity, every House office will be limited to only one tour per week.

March 28, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, joined in sending a letter to Pentagon officials related to Tinker Air Force Base’s forthcoming B-21 depot maintenance campus.
March 23, 2022
Weekly Columns

Vladimir Putin’s catastrophic assault against the independent country of Ukraine is a truly heinous act that jeopardizes the stability of Europe and peace across the globe. It has been heartbreaking to witness the humanitarian disaster that Russia’s unwarranted invasion has caused on innocent civilians in a sovereign, prosperous nation.

Issues:Defense and Veterans
March 17, 2022
Washington, D.C. – The bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Representatives Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and Senators Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today announced their appointments to the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, which was established by Sec. 1091 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22).