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Over the last year, many Americans and Oklahomans suffered during the coronavirus outbreak – from the loss of loved ones, businesses or employment, to spending months in lock down, away from family and friends. Fortunately, Operation Warp Speed helped deliver vaccines to Americans in record-time, resulting in some pre-pandemic normalcy. Yet, many questions remain unanswered about the origins of the virus, and China’s culpability or complacency in its spread.
In a single day in Oklahoma, you can drive through fields being planted and harvested using precision GPS technology, past some of the country’s premier research universities, alongside natural gas wells using state-of-the-art energy technologies, and into the heart of Oklahoma City where the Innovation District hosts thriving bioscience, aerospace engineering and advanced medical research industries.
Rep. Stephanie Bice introduced legislation this week to ensure National Guard members who are disabled while on active duty in their states can get federal health care and disability benefits.
Bice, R-Oklahoma City, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said she became aware this year of the gaps in coverage when Oklahoma National Guard Specialist Cody Casey was injured while helping stranded motorists during a storm in February. Casey’s Humvee was struck by a truck near Vinita.
The federal government has awarded $50 million each to two major highway projects in Oklahoma, including one near Tinker Air Force Base, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Wednesday.
One project involves the widening and reconstruction of a five-mile stretch of Interstate 40 in Oklahoma County, and the other is aimed at improving a seven-mile stretch of I-35 at the Texas border.
Inhofe and other members of the Oklahoma congressional delegation sought the funding, which was awarded through the Department of Transportation’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant program.
One of the longest standing federal pro-life policies is again under fire in Congress. Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment, which prevents funding of abortions with taxpayer dollars, has passed through Congress with bipartisan support. Now, President Biden is seeking to remove the amendment from his Budget Request of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2022.
Oklahoma is the crossroads of America, and as such, relies heavily on a strong, modern infrastructure. Over the last several decades, our nation’s infrastructure has fallen dangerously behind that of its closest economic competitors, including China. Congress now has a tremendous opportunity to make the nation more competitive in the 21st century by investing in its infrastructure, not just roads and bridges, but the electrical grid, broadband access, and more.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Stephanie Bice (R-OK) joined U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (D-MN), Roger Williams (R-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Dean Phillips (D-MN) and 200 of their House colleagues in a bipartisan letter to demand Isabel Guzman of the Small Business Administration take immediate action to improve the technical challenges and persistent delays of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program rollout.
Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK-5) saw a firsthand example of the energy technology and service sector’s innovative manufacturing technology during a visit of Kimray headquarters in Oklahoma City organized by the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. During the event, Bice heard about issues affecting the men and women working in our sector.