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Cole Signs Discharge Petition to Allow Vote on Pro-Life Legislation
April 2, 2019
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) today signed a discharge petition led by Republican Whip Steve Scalise calling for a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Issues:Life
80 Members of the House of Representatives Introduce the Conscience Protection Act
April 1, 2019
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) joined with 80 Members of the House of Representatives in introducing the Conscience Protection Act on Monday, April 1, 2019. The Conscience Protection Act amends the Public Health Service Act to prevent government at the local, state, or federal level from discriminatory practices and penalization of health care providers that do not participate in highly controversial abortion services.
Issues:Life
Defending Life
April 1, 2019
Weekly Columns

As penned in the Declaration of Independence, our forefathers founded this nation with the strong belief that individuals are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." Among those is the right to life, which influences my commitment to protecting the most vulnerable, including the unborn.

Issues:Life
Appropriations Committee Releases the Fiscal Year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Funding Bill
June 14, 2018
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – The House Appropriations Committee today released the draft fiscal year 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee.
Issues:EducationHealthcareLife
Cole Op-Ed in The Hill: Title X funding changes will protect our families
June 6, 2018
Weekly Columns
Our Declaration of Independence boldly states that each of us is endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, and first among these is the right to life itself. I have always read that powerful statement to include the right of the unborn to life, and throughout my many years of political service, I have striven to be a champion for unborn children and vulnerable minors.
Issues:Life
Cole Statement on HHS Proposal on Title X Funding Regulations
May 18, 2018
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar announced updated HHS regulations regarding Title X funding.
"Protecting unborn children and ensuring the safety of minors are fundamental responsibilities
Issues:Life
Cole Responds to Termination of NACHC Grant by CNCS
July 1, 2016
Press Release
Norman, OK – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) terminated a grant to the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) after an oversight investigation by the CNCS Office of Inspector General found the latter to be out of compliance with the law regarding "doula" services in conjunction with abortion procedures.
Issues:Life
Cole Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
June 27, 2016
Press Release
Norman, OK – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled against the lower court's decision regarding Texas abortion laws in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt.
Issues:Life
The Exception, Not the Oklahoma Rule
May 2, 2016
Weekly Columns

Community health centers are typically held in high regard and enjoy widespread, bipartisan support in Congress. So last week’s revelation that three such facilities in New York had allowed AmeriCorps volunteers to assist in abortion procedures was especially disturbing. Specifically within the AmeriCorps Community HealthCorps program, AmeriCorps volunteers were instructed and trained by the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) to act as “doulas” during abortions.

Issues:Life
WORLD Magazine: AmeriCorps admits staff in NYC worked as ‘abortion doulas’
April 29, 2016
News Stories
AmeriCorps admitted this week that six of its members violated the federal prohibition against using taxpayer funds for abortion by acting as “abortion doulas” for women undergoing the procedure at three centers in New York City.
Issues:Life