Press Releases
Washington, DC, December 3, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE 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
Washington, DC, November 20, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE 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.
Washington, DC, November 14, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE 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:
Washington, DC, November 13, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE 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.
Washington, DC, November 7, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE 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.
Washington, DC, October 30, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Obama Administration is utterly failing to protect American sovereignty and safety.
Washington, DC, October 22, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE 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.
Washington, DC, October 16, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Congressman Jim Bridenstine invites the entire 1st District to a Town Hall meeting focusing on Securing America, Tuesday evening October 21st, 6:30-8:00 PM, at the Mabee Center in Tulsa.
Washington, DC, October 10, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama Administration is considering options for executive action to close the terrorist detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay. Congressman Jim Bridenstine had the following comment:
Program will save taxpayer dollars while creating jobs in Tulsa
TULSA – October 1, 2014 - Tulsa-based U.S.