Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after Speaker McCarthy and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell met with Democrat leaders at the White House to discuss a deal on raising the debt limit.

WASHINGTON, DC – Members of the Republican Study Committee introduced a slate of six bills targeting Iran and preventing the Biden Administration from reviving a nuclear deal with Iran.
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Members of the Republican Study Committee's Steering Committee voted to release an Official Position on a slate of border security policies this week.
"President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have created the crisis at our southern border through a long list of failed and illegal policies," said RSC Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01). "RSC's Steering Committee unequivocally condemns the Biden Administration's dereliction of duty and stands ready to advance proven conservative policies that combat cartels, secure the border, and enforce the immigration laws already on the books."
Below is the RSC Steering Committee's Official Position:

WASHINGTON, DC – As the United States approaches a do-or-die debt crisis, Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) has led RSC Members in pursuit of commonsense spending reforms that should be prioritized in any legislation that increases the federal debt limit.
"Our nation faces a debt crisis unlike anything we've ever seen. Over the last two years of united Democrat control, federal spending has ballooned out of control. In spite of record-high revenues, Democrat spending is leaving us with record-high deficits. Washington doesn't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Energy Action Team (HEAT) Chairman Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Kevin Hern (R-OK), and HEAT Vice-Chairman Mike Carey (R-OH) released the following joint statement in response to the Biden Administration's actions on the Alaskan oil and gas Willow Project and other drilling:
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Kevin Hern (R-OK) announced that the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) will be brought under the purview of RSC. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) will serve as the HEAT Chairman, and Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH) will serve as Vice Chairman.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) and RSC Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) today introduced the Anti-Foreign Adversary Collaboration Resolution, which would prohibit Members of Congress from serving on boards affiliated with our foreign adversaries, such as China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
WASHINGTON, DC – Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern (OK-01) released a list of policy proposals sourced from Members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) to help accomplish the seven priorities previously announced from RSC for debt limit negotiations.
ICYMI: A clean debt ceiling is a gift to China
By Chairman Kevin Hern and Congressman Mark Alford