Press Releases

Congressman Josh Brecheen and Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) led a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding answers from the agency after two young people committed suicide during a study it funded that evaluated the psychosocial effects of cross-sex hormones on “transgender and nonbinary youth.” The taxpayer-funded study included children as young as 12-years-old. Read more »

Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Representative Kevin Hern (R-OK), Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), Representative Frank Lucas (R-OK), Representative Stephanie Bice (R-OK), and Representative Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services threated to resend St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s accreditation for having a single, enclosed religious “living flame” present in the hospital’s chapel, a tenant of its faith: Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Josh Brecheen introduced the Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act, which would prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from implementing any rule or regulation requiring vehicles over 26,000 pounds that are engaged in interstate commerce to be equipped with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. The rule would negatively impact both the agricultural and trucking industries and include vehicles like semi-trucks, livestock trailer/truck combos, grain trucks, and other large commercial vehicles. Read more »

During the House Homeland Security Committee’s markup of the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023, Congressman Josh Brecheen called on Democrats to listen to the experts, including President Biden’s own Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, and support physical barriers to help solve our border crisis. Read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen voted in favor of The Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (H.R. 2811), which would lift the debt ceiling in exchange for $4.8 trillion in cuts over ten years; one of the largest cuts to federal spending in our nation’s history. The bill passed in a 217-215 vote. Read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement after voting in favor of The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R.734). Read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen issued the following statement on the 28th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Biden Administration’s FY 2024 Budget Proposal, exposing Mayorkas for going against his own Border Patrol Chief in ending construction of the wall on our Southern border. Read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen will hold in-person town hall meetings on Tuesday, May 2nd and Friday, May 5th. Constituents are invited to attend and share their thoughts and ask questions on policy issues impacting Washington, D.C. and Oklahoma. Read more »

During the first 100 days of the 118th Congress, Congressman Josh Brecheen and House Republicans are delivering results. Read more »