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Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) would ease federal restrictions for travelers who want to temporarily enter the United States to visit their family members.
“Allowing family members of U.S. citizens or permanent residents to temporarily visit the United States to be reunited for a funeral, a wedding, or to meet a new grandchild, is the right thing to do,” Rep. Bice said recently.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Officials announced an agreement to extend federal emergency SNAP benefits in Oklahoma through the end of 2021.
According to a news release from U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice’s office, the enhanced benefits were previously set to expire in July. The agreement was negotiated by Oklahoma Department of Human Services and Secretary Justin Brown with the USDA Office of Food and Nutrition Services.
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice recently talked about faith, family and the issues facing Congress during an Assembly of Catholic Professionals gathering in downtown Oklahoma City.
Bice was elected in November 2020 to represent Oklahoma’s 5th District. She told the group of professionals that her freshman year in Congress has been a whirlwind, including being chosen president of the freshman class in the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the first woman to be elected president of the freshman class.
Rep. Stephanie Bice is cosponsoring two bills aimed at helping military service members provide care for young children.
One bill would increase parental leave and the other would expand and modernize child care options. Both are cosponsored by key Democrats on the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.
Bice, R-Oklahoma City, whose district includes many service members and workers at Tinker Air Force Base, said active duty military would get the same 12 weeks of parental leave as civilians under the legislation.
EDMOND, Oklahoma - Sergeant Gerald Dixon started with the Edmond Police Department in 1988. In that time, he’s touched a lot of lives in the Edmond community. Now as he plans his retirement, the department and the city are celebrating what he has meant to so many people.
Dixon has always known he wanted to be a police officer. It started in kindergarten when his teacher’s husband, a police officer, came to speak to his class. At that moment he knew his calling.
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) proposed bipartisan legislation that aims to improve postpartum care for members of the United States Armed Forces and their dependents.
“Many of our military systems are created from the male perspective of service,” Rep. Bice said. “Now that more women than ever are joining the military, it’s important that we work to accommodate the needs of new moms and their newborns.”