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Rep. Mary Fallin will never forget standing on the floor of the House late last September after lawmakers had voted against a $700-billion bailout of the nation’s financial industry.
"My heart was racing,” she said last week.
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Last year, following a dramatic price spike in gas prices and a very vocal call by the American people to increase American-made energy, Congress and then-President George W. Bush ended a decades-long ban on offshore drilling.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner came to Capitol Hill Wednesday to talk up the administration's plans for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency and address lawmakers' concerns about firms that are too big to fail. But in Geithner brushing aside worries about over-regulation, he seems to have created more questions than answers.
Recently, the national media discovered something called a ‘congressional town hall meeting.’ While the idea seemed to come as a surprise to many, all of you know that I have always been a great believer in the positive impact of town hall meetings – doing 50 each year throughout Oklahoma’s Third Congressional District. My town hall schedule this year was no different than last – and I held 1
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On behalf of my constituents, I would like to welcome U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Oklahoma.
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Recently, the national media discovered something called a “congressional town hall meeting.”
Think your budget is tight now.
Prices for gas, natural gas, electricity and food will likely skyrocket if the Senate passes a bill later this month to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation reacted Wednesday to President Barack Obama’s speech:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to ignore "bogus” talk of death panels and a government takeover and approve a health care reform bill that would control spiraling costs and ensure coverage for the sick and uninsured.