Skip to main content
Representative Tom Cole logo

Economy & Small Business

February 7, 2020
Speech
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, made remarks on the House floor during consideration of H.R. 5687, a supplemental appropriations bill for disaster aid.
Issues:Economy & Small Business

January 29, 2020
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement today after President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

December 31, 2019
Weekly Columns

Just over two years ago, President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. Since then, Americans are not only getting to keep more of their hard-earned money as promised, but the economy is clearly booming as a result of the president's continual focus on pro-growth policies. Indeed, there are numerous signs that the country is better off and that the best is still ahead.

Issues:Economy & Small BusinessTaxes

December 21, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump last night signed into law two full-year government funding packages for fiscal year 2020.

December 10, 2019
Weekly Columns

Once again, Congress is quickly approaching another critical deadline related to government funding. At this time last year when Republicans controlled both chambers of Congress, more than 75 percent of annual funding had already been signed into law in record time before the start of the fiscal year.

Issues:Economy & Small Business

November 19, 2019
Speech
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) made remarks during consideration of the rule for a short-term measure to keep the government funded until December 20, 2019. Cole supported the underlying continue resolution.
Issues:Economy & Small Business

October 8, 2019
Weekly Columns

President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently announced that our two countries finalized a limited trade agreement, and I am encouraged that it was formally signed by both countries this week. While I was participating in a congressional delegation trip to Japan and other Pacific Rim nations in August, we were told that a deal would likely be agreed to soon.

Issues:Economy & Small Business

October 1, 2019
Washington, DC – Members of Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation released statements in support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) this afternoon on the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s announcement of the three-country trade agreement.

September 19, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Vice Ranking Republican of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4378, Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.

August 14, 2019
Weekly Columns

The economic success that America has experienced lately is truly historic. Even with unemployment as low as 3.7 percent, Congress has an opportunity to further improve the nation's economy and create more jobs by advancing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which would replace the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Issues:Economy & Small Business