Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) today released the latest edition of his Waste Watch series. Waste Watch No. 8 is the Farm Bill Edition, identifying 10 examples of wasteful government spending and programs in agriculture that wasted $16.5 billion in taxpayer dollars. In the Farm Bill Edition, Rep. Russell highlights how the poor implementation of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) initiative to update nutritional standards for the National School Lunch Program led to $11.6 billion in wasteful gov...
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Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) today voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), which passed the House by a margin of 227 to 203. Despite the many MYTHS, H.R. 1 overhauls America’s tax code for the first time in a generation to deliver historic tax relief for workers, families, and job creators, and revitalize our nation’s economy. By lowering taxes across the board, eliminating costly special-interest tax breaks, and modernizing our international tax system, this legislation will help create more...
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Representative Steve Russell (OK-5) —joined by Representatives Steve Womack (AR-3), John Carter (TX-31), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5), and Sanford Bishop (GA-2)— today introduced the Credentialing, Educating, and Relevant Training Initiative For Your (CERTIFY) Heroes Act. This legislation will permit individuals who are eligible for the Department of Defense tuition assistance program to use their tuition assistance for licensing, credentialing, and certification programs offered by entities ot...
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Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) today introduced the Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2017 (H.R. 4563). This legislation is a response to several examples of the Government of Georgia violating contracts with U.S. entities and our allies, often after significant investment of time, energy, and capital by U.S. individuals and entities. The Georgian Fair Business Practices Sanctions Act of 2017 would commission a semiannual report that determines whether or not the Government of Georgi...
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Last week, the Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2017 (H.R. 194), introduced by Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) earlier this Congress, was signed into law by President Trump. This bill corrects an error Congress made in recent years that put federal mail processing guidance under the authority of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2017 amends the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 to require the General Services Adminis...
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Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) today voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), the Republican bill for tax reform. In passing this pro-growth, pro-family legislation, House Republicans have taken an important step toward providing necessary tax relief for Americans for the first time since President Reagan’s historic tax reform 31 years ago. According to the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, this bill will cut taxes on typical households by $1,182, raise wages by upwards of $4,000, and create nearly o...
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Today, Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) was proud to vote for the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 2810) as it passed the House by a margin of 356 to 70. The FY18 NDAA authorizes a $26 billion increase above the Trump Administration’s requests to ensure that contingencies and operational repairs and requirements are met. Rep. Russell proposed 11 amendments to the FY18 NDAA earlier this year, all of which were adopted. These amendments will impact a variety of important issues ...
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Yesterday, the Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2017 (H.R. 194), introduced by Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) earlier this Congress, passed the Senate. It now awaits the President’s signature to become law. This bill corrects an error Congress made in recent years that put federal mail processing guidance under the authority of the National Archives and Records Administration. The Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2017 amends the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 to re...
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House Republicans today introduced the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (H.R. 1), the Republican bill for tax reform. Included in H.R. 1 is a bill that Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) introduced last Congress and again in February of this year, the No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act (H.R. 811). Rep. Russell’s tax reform bill would prohibit the use of tax-exempt municipal bonds for the construction of stadiums, closing a decades old loophole in the tax code. Municipal bonds are intended to provide capital for infra...
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Yesterday, H.R. 2196, which Rep. Steve Russell (OK-5) introduced this Congress, passed the House by a voice vote. This bill amends the Whistleblower Protection Act to extend protections to disclosures of classified information to any supervisor in an employee's chain of command. Under current law, only disclosures to a direct supervisor are protected. H.R. 2196 expands the list of individuals to whom a whistleblower may disclose information regarding a violation of law, gross mismanagement, was...
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