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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).

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) introduced H.R. 7083, the Make Russia Pay Act, a bill that would establish a “Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Fund” at Treasury into which seized Russian assets (physically in the US, or denominated in US dollars) would be liquidated and transferred. Russia’s own central bank had about $100 billion of reserves held in U.S. dollars according to the most recent available data released in January, 2022. Treasury would then be authorized to disburse funds directly to Ukraine to provide assistance to its citizens, to rebuild destroyed infrastructure, and to purchase needed defense articles. The fund would also provide assistance to the many EU nations like Poland that have taken in millions of refugees fleeing Ukraine.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Stephanie Bice (OK-05) joined Representative Scott Franklin (FL-15) in introducing the Prohibiting Oil Trade with Venezuela’s Tyrant Act, which would require the president to prohibit the importation of all petroleum products originating from Venezuela. The bill was developed in response to reports that the Biden Administration discussed loosening sanctions on Venezuela’s Máduro regime.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Stephanie Bice (OK-05) voted in favor of the two divisions making up the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bills that included many conservative values and 15 of Rep. Bice’s priorities for Oklahomans.

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Stephanie Bice delivered two speeches on the House floor urging the Biden Administration to restore American energy independence, end reliance on foreign countries, and lower prices for all Americans.