Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation today reacted to news that Tinker Air Force Base’s (AFB) Air Logistics Center (ALC) will become the new single head for Air Force sustainment and logistics. The realignment, a move that is in line with the Defense Department’s requirement to make $450 billion in spending cuts over the next decade, will mean that Tinker will lose its current Two Star General slot, but will gain a Three Star General and a One Star General billet.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement in response to President Obama's announcement that he would be recalling all American troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
"The clear winners in today's announcement are Iran and Al Qaeda. I find it very disappointing that Prime Minister Maliki and President Obama were unwilling to give the effort needed to come to an agreement that was clearly in the best interests of both of our nations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement in response to the death of tribal official Elouise Cobell:
"I was saddened to learn of the passing of my good friend and distinguished Native American leader, Elouise Cobell. Nobody fought harder for the honest management of trust assets of Indian Country than Elouise. Due to her efforts, literally hundreds of thousands of native Americans received justice and compensation for the past mismanagement of tribal assets by the U.S. Government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the Obama White House released its latest debt plan, which calls for $1.5 trillion in new taxes:
"This proposal is more about election year politics than deficit reduction. The fact that President Obama once again failed to propose serious reforms to entitlement programs -- which are the main drivers of the debt -- shows he is interested not in solving problems but in scoring political points.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) announced the following schedule of town hall meetings for the month of August:
Telephone town hall - August 9 @ 7:00 pm
Call 405-329-6500 for call-in information
Ardmore - August 10 @ 5:30 pm
Ardmore Convention Center - Conference Room 1 & 2
2401 N. Rockford Road
Ardmore, OK 73401
Norman - August 11 @ 5:30 pm
National Weather Center, Room NWC 1313
120 David L. Boren Boulevard
Norman, OK 73072
NORMAN – Rep. Tom Cole toured three women-owned businesses in Norman Thursday. Cole met with business owners and employees at OMS Technologies, Fancy Cakes, and Pink Elephant Cafe to learn more about the challenges facing women-owned small businesses.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Oklahoma delegation, including U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), and U.S. Reps. John Sullivan (R-OK-1), Dan Boren (D-OK-2), Frank Lucas (R-OK-3), Tom Cole (R-OK-4), and James Lankford (R-OK-5) along with members of their staff, today sent care packages to servicemembers of the Oklahoma National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) currently deployed in Afghanistan and Kuwait.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the voting in favor of the Budget Control Act:
"While this agreement doesn't have everything we would have liked, there is no question that it adheres to the conservative principles we have maintained throughout this debate. We promised the American people that we would not allow a debt ceiling increase without corresponding spending cuts, that we would not allow tax hikes, and that we would advance a Balanced Budget Amendment. We have achieved all of these objectives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the voting against H.R. 2693, Senator Harry Reid’s debt limit increase bill:
"The Reid plan contains so-called spending cuts that are nothing more than smoke and mirrors. More than $1 trillion of the savings in the bill come from war spending for Iraq and Afghanistan that has never been requested in the first place. The only real cuts in the legislation are aimed at defense and would put America at risk.