Congressman Steve Russell (OK-5) issued the following statement, announcing Steve Moffitt as his new Chief of Staff. His outgoing Chief of Staff, Dean Fisher, was selected by Kansas State University to be the Executiv Director of Enrollment Management. “While both thrilled at his success and saddened by the departure of my good friend Dean Fisher, who will achieve great heights at Kansas State, we could not have hoped to have more experienced leadership taking on the new position. Steve’s broad ...
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Congressman Steve Russell says the United States should be open to accepting refugees seeking resettlement from Syria. Representative Russell spoke to Fox 25 following his return from refugee camps in Europe and the Middle East. Connect to Congress: Watch Representative Steve Russell's full interview here. Russell was the key vote giving the House a veto-proof majority on a bill that slowed down the process of admitting refugees following the San Bernardino terrorist attack. Russell said he vote...
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Ahead of President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday night, Talk Media News spoke with members of the House Republican party to get a sense of what they see as the important issues facing the country in the year to come.
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Congressman Steve Russell (OK-5) has been handing out a list of 52 financiers, terrorist aiders and abettors, military institutions, and human rights abusers that currently have sanctions placed upon them, but may have them taken away by the impending Iran nuclear deal struck by the Obama Administration. Like the deck of cards the United States military used to represent the most wanted of the Iraq War, the corresponding card numbers represent where each individual or entity ranks on the list of...
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Thursday evening, Congressman Steve Russell (OK-5) spoke on the House floor to discuss the history and importance of the Second Amendment of the Constitution. The right to keep and bear arms as an individual was implicitly intended by the Founding Fathers, and has been repeatedly upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States, time and time again. Excerpts from his speech include: The Second Amendment is as fundamental to the American people as the First: “The right to keep and bear arms is as...
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While President Obama and other gun control activists repeatedly take aim at the so-called gun show loophole as a dangerous gap in the effort to prevent criminals from obtaining deadly weapons, a decorated war veteran now serving in Congress says that narrative is almost entirely baseless. The narrative against gun shows suggests that dealers and other sellers can much more easily transfer weapons without the proper background checks being performed. Pro-second amendment voices often point out t...
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In his continuing efforts to hold Iran accountable for their history as a state sponsor of terrorism, Congressman Steve Russell (OK-5) has authored H.R. 3662 - The Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act. Congressman Russell has been working on this bill since mid-July. It was passed through the Foreign Affairs Committee by a voice vote this morning, and it now moves to the House floor. This bill would not allow the President to remove Iranian individuals and entities from the list maintained by th...
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