Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) continues to push the need for the federal government to remove Indian Health Service (IHS) from partisan funding fights. Mullin introduced H.R. 195, the Pay Our Doctors Act, to fund IHS for the next fiscal year. This bill will ensure that tribally-run hospitals and Urban Indian Clinics receive the funding they need to pay their doctors and keep their doors open. MSNBC’s Morning Joe: “Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., is a member of the Cherokee Nation, and he d... Read more

Today, members of the Congressional Western Caucus released statements rebuking the introduction of H.R.8, Speaker Pelosi's gun control bill: Chairman Paul Gosar (AZ-04): "It should come as no surprise that Speaker’s Pelosi’s first bill of the Congress attempts to infringe on the Second Amendment rights of the American people. A federal background check would not have prevented the Tucson shooting eight years ago. Further, criminals don’t follow the law, so implementing universal background chec... Read more

Premier, Inc. PERMALINK 357 Representatives, including Republican and Democratic Leaders and every physician member of the House, voted in June to ensure that patients who are suffering from substance use disorders receive the same high-quality, safe and coordinated care that patients with other conditions receive. The Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (H.R. 6082) would help communities across the country address the opioid epidemic by modernizing a 40-year old law (42 CFR Part 2). That... Read more

USA TODAY Our nation is in the midst of the deadliest drug crisis in history — a crisis fueled by opioids. More than 630,000 Americans have died from drug overdoses since the turn of the century. That means almost as many people have died from drugs in less than two decades as those who died in the Civil War. More than half of the deaths in 2016 involved opioids. This death toll is staggering, but the consequences of drugs are not limited just to the more than two million Americans who are addic... Read more

https://bit.ly/2IqmkOs Doctors can’t fully treat a patient with only half of a medical record. Without access to crucial information in a patient’s medical record, such as a history of drug and alcohol misuse, doctors face difficulties safely treating their patients. My legislation, H.R. 3545, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act updates an outdated law to give doctors the whole story on their patient’s medical history. H.R. 3545 ensures that patients struggling with substance use diso... Read more

Rep. Mullin: It's the end of the tax code as we know it (and I feel fine) Washington Examiner April 17, 2018 https://washex.am/2ER2glH Tuesday, April 17 is Tax Day. Typically, Tax Day falls on April 15. But since that day fell on a Sunday and the District of Columbia recognizes Emancipation Day on April 16, taxpayers received two extra days to file this year. But that doesn’t relieve many of us from the burdensome feelings of Tax Day. The weeks of preparation leading up to Tax Day are stressful ... Read more

Fox News It is no secret that President Trump supports products being made in America. He is a strong advocate for bringing back the middle class by returning manufacturing jobs to the states. A ‘Made in America’ comeback would revive the manufacturing industry we’ve slowly been losing to other countries and boost the economy and workforce. On Thursday, President Trump announced a 25 percent tax on imported steel and a 10 percent tax on imported aluminum. As one can imagine, this ruffles feather... Read more

http://bit.ly/2wu8p4d U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2) praised the Senate passage of H.R. 3218, the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017. The bill passed the House last week and now goes to President Trump’s desk for his signature. The Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 is broad, bipartisan legislation that will improve veterans’ education benefits and enhanc... Read more

http://bit.ly/2ueR79d Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul A. Gosar D.D.S. (AZ-04), Executive Vice Chairman Scott Tipton (CO-03), Chief Rules Officer Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Chairman Emeritus Steve Pearce (NM-02), Chief Forestry Officer Bruce Westerman (AR-04), GOP Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Western Caucus members Rep. Markwayne Mullin (OK-02), Rep. Tom Emmer (MN-06), Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04), Rep. Raúl Labrador (ID-01), Rep. M... Read more

Tulsa World Editorial http://bit.ly/2u60egl As parents of five wonderful kids, my wife and I want our children to have attributes that make them good people and we want them to have limitless opportunities. I think all parents do. We all want our kids to make good choices, earn good grades in school, work hard to achieve their goals, and most importantly — live long, healthy lives. Tragically, there are too many parents who don’t get the chance to see their kids live out the hopes they have for... Read more