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...
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...
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 MorePresident 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...
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...
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 MoreWASHINGTON, 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...
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...
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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