Congressman Jim Bridenstine

Representing the 1st District of Oklahoma
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Dec 5, 2014 Press Release

We have a deeply flawed tax code.  It is already unnecessarily complex and confusing.  The Mercatus Center at George Mason University estimates that Americans spend more than 6 billion hours a year complying with the tax code.  That is the equivalent of all the people in Oklahoma who are over the age of 6 working all year only on taxes.  Lobbyists spend about $3 bill

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Nov 20, 2014 Press Release

Tonight, President Obama announced a series of executive orders regarding immigration.  His executive amnesty is illegal, unfair, costly, and dangerous because it will spur a wave of further illegal immigration.  

Nov 14, 2014 Press Release

I explained my reasoning on the vote for the Republican Conference nominee for Speaker of the House in an op-ed to be published in the Tulsa World on Friday.  I feel it is important to communicate with my constituents on this issue, and the Tulsa World is the largest newspaper in my District.  The following is the text of the op-ed:

Nov 13, 2014 Press Release

On November 11th, President Obama unilaterally committed the U.S. to even steeper greenhouse gas reductions that will have a negligible effect on global temperatures. The President has shown that he will stop at nothing to implement a radical green agenda.
 

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Nov 13, 2014 Jim's Blog

On November 11th, President Obama unilaterally committed the U.S. to even steeper greenhouse gas reductions. Ironically, these new greenhouse gas emission reductions will have a negligible effect on global temperatures.  The President has shown that he will stop at nothing to implement the radical green agenda his far left supporters demand. 

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Nov 7, 2014 Press Release

The Administration’s “war on energy” continues in the Department of Transportation.  The Department (DOT) issued a proposed rule that would dramatically hinder crude oil transport by rail.  The rule would severely limit throughput, impose huge costs on the industry, and severely restrict transport capacity. 

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Oct 31, 2014 Jim's Blog
Oct 30, 2014 Jim's Blog

Many of you remember when President Obama's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) denied me access to the Fort Sill HHS facility during the high point of the Unaccompanied Children (UAC) crisis. Based upon the response to my

Oct 30, 2014 Press Release

The Obama Administration is utterly failing to protect American sovereignty and safety.

Oct 22, 2014 Press Release

A crowd estimated at over 1,600 constituents gathered Tuesday night for Congressman Jim Bridenstine’s “Securing America” town hall at the Mabee Center in Tulsa.  The Congressman discussed issues ranging from fiscal security, to the uncontrolled southern border, to the danger from terrorism at home and abroad.