WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, Congresswoman Kendra Horn (OK-5) urged the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General Sean O’Donnell to conduct an independent investigation into Fort Hood’s handling of Specialist (SPC) Vanessa Guillén’s case. Congresswoman Horn serves on the House Armed Services Committee. Horn’s letter is available here, and adds to mounting calls for an investigation of SPC Gu... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on McGirt v. Oklahoma, Oklahoma’s congressional delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives issued the following joint statement. The case and resulting opinion relate to the authority and jurisdiction of the Five Tribes of Oklahoma – Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole Nations – to prosecute cri... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, Congresswoman Kendra Horn (OK-5) voted for legislation blocking U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos from weakening the Borrowers Defense rule, which provides relief for students defrauded by predatory colleges. Devos’ changes would prevent students from seeking relief for fraud if they cannot prove their school intentionally defrauded them, do not file their claim... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, the Administration announced a “Phase One” Trade Deal with China that addresses trade issues including intellectual property, forced technology transfers, agriculture, and currency manipulations. Congresswoman Kendra Horn (OK-5) released the following statement on the new trade agreement: “I am cautiously optimistic that today’s trade agreement represents a step forw... Read more »
An Oklahoma congresswoman has been appointed to the House-Senate conference committee on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). A U.S. House of Representatives news release issued Thursday states that Kendra Horn, a representative for Oklahoma’s 5th congressional district, was appointed as a conferee to the conference committee, making her one of three first-term House Democrats named to t... Read more »
An Oklahoma City student’s painting of freedom and constraint now decorates the halls of the U.S. Capitol. Lily Rangel, 16, was named a first-place winner in the Congressional Art Competition with a portrait of poet Maya Angelou. A panel of local artists selected the canvas painting to join a high school art collection on a yearlong display in Washington, D.C. The image was the first watercolor ar... Read more »
The U.S. Congresswoman who co-sponsored the Equality Act is walking in the Oklahoma City Parade on June 22. Kendra Horn is the U.S. Congresswoman representing Oklahoma's 5th District. not only did she co-sponsor the Equality Act, she successfully worked to pass it through the U.S. House of Representatives. This weekend, she'll walk in the Oklahoma City Pride parade with the Freedom Oklahoma team i... Read more »
WARR ACRES — U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, who organized a town hall meeting on Saturday about the impacts of soaring insulin prices, said the problems defied easy solutions. “Any sort of one-size-fits-all solution is likely to be one-size-fits-none. … There is no magic switch,” Horn said after hearing from doctors, the head of a Native American clinic, parents whose children have diabetes and Oklahoma C... Read more »
Today, members of the House Science Committee expressed their frustration over the fact that the amendment isn’t ready yet. “The lack of planning evidence so far is no way to run our nation’s human space exploration program,” Rep. Kendra Horn (D-OK) said during a hearing of the committee today on NASA’s deep space exploration plans. “The 2024 missive left NASA in a tizzy scrambling to develop a pl... Read more »
In her first year of a two-year Congressional term, U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn is making a concerted effort to be available to common constituents in her district and especially so in the center of Oklahoma City, the core of Congressional District 5. At the open house for Congressional district offices recently relocated to 400 N. Walker downtown, some looked wide-eyed saying they had never been in the... Read more »
