News Stories

Moore American - Caleb Slinkard

Rep. Tom Cole (OK-4) will focus on initiatives that can garner bipartisan support this legislative session as the Republican and Democrat parties buckle down for a presidential election.

Cole, of Moore, said he would work hard on issues like funding for biomedical research and civil justice reform while also focusing on stabilizing both the energy industry and the federal government in a nation that often seems to be on the brink of falling off a fiscal cliff or hitting a debt ceiling.

The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel

Fort Sill, the U.S. Army artillery post in southwest Oklahoma, is expected to trim civilian jobs and some military positions but still have a net gain of more than 400 active-duty military personnel by the end of next year.

Top officials at the post said Tuesday they were developing restructuring plans but declined to address specifics about personnel changes.

STAT - Dylan Scott

Congressional Republicans said on Tuesday that they’re open to boosting federal funding for cancer research, as the Obama administration proposed the day before. But they aren’t willing to simply rubberstamp the $755 million that the White House is asking for in the next fiscal year.

The Oklahoman - Steve Gust

Oklahoma Christian University junior Aubree Hughes is all about the college experience.

The Tuttle native said she knew she wanted to be part of the OC community and has never regretted her decision. Her older brother Austin went to Oklahoma Christian and now works for the university.

"It's everything I'd hoped it would be and then some," she said.

Likewise, the private Christian college probably envisions turning out students like Hughes, 21.

The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel

Rep. Tom Cole's grandmother loathed former President Andrew Jackson so much that she wouldn't even carry a $20 bill.

A Chickasaw like his grandmother, Cole said he also has "a very prejudiced view" of the man who served from 1829 to 1837.

In that time, Jackson ordered the removal of the Chickasaws and other Indian tribes from their longtime homes in southern U.S. states to Indian territory, what would later become Oklahoma. The forced relocation led to thousands of deaths along what came to be called the Trail of Tears.

Lawton Constitution - Malinda Rust

Fourth District U.S. Rep. Tom Cole paid a visit to Lawton’s Eisenhower High School Tuesday morning, visiting with students he believes are destined for great things.

Cole met with senior Rafael Lopez, who recently received a congressional nomination and appointment to the U.S. Military Academy from Cole’s office, but he spent much of his time talking to a group of Eisenhower students who will, in essence, be representing him during the Capitol Hill Challenge for the next 14 weeks.

Lawton Constitution - Kim McConnell

Fourth District U.S. Rep. Tom Cole disagrees with constituents who say the most recent legislative session didn’t yield any results.

Cole was in Lawton late last week to meet with constituents, and the Republican congressman said while he agrees that more should have been accomplished, there were successes.