Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights The Need For Medicare For All

For decades, critics of single-payer health care have raised the menace of rationed care, long waits, and “death panels.

Lankford Letter: An Update On Coronavirus Response From The U.S. Senate

Dear Oklahoma friends and neighbors: Three months ago no one in our nation—or most of the world—knew what coronavirus was and four months ago, the word COVID-19 did not exist.

Congress Has Declared Itself Non-Essential

Around the US, “essential” workers are going to work everyday and doing their jobs, COVID-19 pandemic or not. Factory workers are producing things. Truck and delivery drivers are transporting those things. Grocery store employees and food service workers are making sure food reaches our tables.

Don’t Let Politicians Use Pandemic As An Excuse For Dictatorship

By invoking the Defense Production Act, which “authorizes the President to require acceptance and priority performance of contracts or orders and to allocate materials, services, and facilities to promote the national defense or to maximize domestic energy supplies,” US president Donald Trump has...

Last Week The World Changed With Potentially Devastating Impacts

In a matter of hours, the world in which we live changed last week, and that change started right here in Oklahoma. As the NBA’s Utah Jazz was preparing to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Chesapeake Energy Arena, one of the Jazz players tested positive for the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

To Fight Coronavirus, Fight Poverty

As Americans do everything they can to stay safe and limit their exposure to COVID-19, we are seeing more clearly the great divides in our society. While the virus doesn’t discriminate, we are seeing that its impacts certainly do.

Freedom: Don’t Let Politicians Tell You To Earn It

The Wile E.

Afghan Peace Deal Is Anything But

When dealing in matters of war and peace, shouldn’t a president sort of know what he or she is doing? But that’s not Donald Trump’s way. On Feb. 29, he grandly announced that he had cut a peace deal to end America’s deadly, costly war against Afghanistan’s repressive Taliban. But — oops!

Oklahomans Deserve Protection From Scam Medical Bills

Because hospitals operate in a system with little pricing transparency, many patient bills are more fiction than fact, yet patients can face financial devastation if they don’t pony up.

Senator Howard’s Legislative Session Notes

We are into the second month of session and approaching another deadline. This is the last week to hear Senate bills in our chamber. Next week, we will return to our committees to begin work on House measures.