Representative Tom Cole
Representing the 4th Congressional District of Oklahoma
Cole Reacts to State of the Union Address
01/24/2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. In the spirit of bipartisan cooperation, Cole attended the speech with Democratic...
Cole Statement on Keystone Pipeline Announcement
01/18/2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the White House announced it is rejecting plans to move forward with the Keystone XL pipeline:"President Obama's decision to block the Keystone pipeline is indefensible. This is a...
Cole Statement on Defense Strategy Announcement
01/05/2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after President Obama announced new defense strategy priorities in remarks at the Pentagon:"These changes will make America weaker, not stronger. We are cutting defense spending and the size of...
Read MoreObama's Keystone Decision Puts Politics Over Jobs
01/23/2012
President Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline was met with near universal outrage from both ends of the political spectrum. With good reason. The construction and operation of the Keystone pipeline would create 20,000 direct jobs and as...
New Defense Strategy is Misguided
01/16/2012
In a recent speech at the Pentagon, President Obama announced his plans to make significant changes to the size and strategies of U.S. military forces. Under the new strategy, Army and Marine Corps forces will be reduced and our military...
White House Move Points to More Overregulation
01/09/2012
With the start of a new year, the White House is wasting no time setting the stage for more of the same regulatory overreach that has bedeviled employers and stifled job creation since President Obama took office.On January 4, the...
Read MoreCole: Budget Agreement Puts American People First
08/01/2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Budget Control Act:"There's no question this isn't a perfect bill."There are a lot of things we would have liked, deeper spending...
Cole: Where is the President's Plan?
07/27/2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks in the House floor in support of the Budget Control Act of 2011:"Every now and then you need to step back and look at the record and put the...
Cole Urges Support for Budget Control Act
07/27/2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks in the House floor in support of the Budget Control Act of 2011:"Mr. Speaker, this is the second time in this Congress has chosen, this house has chosen to...
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