Economy & Small Business
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 3223, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. This legislation would ensure that federal workers receive lost pay for the duration of the government shutdown, regardless of furlough status.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) joined with House colleagues to urge Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Rand Beers and OMB Director Sylvia Burwell to properly enforce the Pay Our Military Act. This letter was sent after hundreds of thousands of Department of Defense, U.S. Coast Guard civilians and members of the National Guard were furloughed.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2397, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, on Wednesday. The legislation provides funding for critical security programs, supports our dedicated troops and continues current military operations.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement after House passage of his amendment which prevents funds from being used to implement a furlough, if the reason given is sequestration. Relief would be given to Defense Department employees paid from the Working Capital Fund. The amendment, offered along with Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Congressmen Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Dave Loebsack (D-IA), passed the House of Representatives by voice vote Tuesday night.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the Committee on House Administration held markups on H.R. 94 and H.R. 95. Both pieces of legislation were authored by Cole to do away with taxpayer subsidization of presidential nominating conventions and eliminate the outdated system of the public financing of elections and presidential nominating conventions.
POLITICO - David Rogers
Sequestration 2 opened at the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday as Republicans won approval of their dramatic plan to reallocate the reduced funding available after the second round of spending reductions slated for October.
The Hill - Russell Berman
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday that he wants to see the IRS employees responsible for targeting conservative groups behind bars.
“My question isn’t about who’s going to resign, my question is, who’s going to jail over this scandal?” Boehner said at a Capitol press conference, as Republicans seized on the tax agency’s admission that it inappropriately singled out Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status for higher scrutiny.