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Lucas Sends Letter to Pelosi, Boehner Requesting Unnecessary Spending in Stimulus Be Removed
Posted by: Frank Lucas (01-28-2009, 01:01 PM)
Today, I joined my fellow Financial Services Committee members in a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Boehner to request that some of the unnecessary and duplicative spending programs relating to housing be removed from the economic stimulus package.
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President Obama's Visit to Capitol Hill
Posted by: Frank Lucas (01-27-2009, 05:13 PM)
Today, President Obama visited Capitol Hill to attend the House Republican Conference meeting and discuss the upcoming economic stimulus package proposed by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats. I appreciate the President’s willingness to reach across party lines in an effort to create an atmosphere of bipartisanship and I call upon him to urge Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat majority to follow in his footsteps and advocate an open forum for policy discussions in the future.
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National Security Requires Solid Planning
Posted by: Frank Lucas (01-27-2009, 05:09 PM)
Last week, President Obama issued an executive order closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which houses thousands of suspected terrorists and enemy combatants. I was shocked by this announcement, but even more concerned by the fact that the President had no plans as to what would happen next.
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My Vote on the Reauthorization of SCHIP
Posted by: Frank Lucas (01-14-2009, 05:23 PM)
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. This is a federally funded program that provides health care to children. While I believe that this is a good program and I support initiatives to bring health care to children who need it, I could not support this reauthorization.
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Welcome to the 111th Congress
Posted by: Frank Lucas (01-13-2009, 04:22 PM)
I would like to welcome all of you to the 111th Congress. Thanks to the great people of the Third Congressional District of Oklahoma, this will mark my ninth term as a member of the United States House of Representatives. I will maintain my position on the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Science and Technology. In addition, I have been selected to serve as the Ranking Member, or Republican leader, of the House Committee on Agriculture.
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