Press Releases
September 6, 2005
Washington, D.C. – 1,400 Gulf Coast residents have been evacuated to Camp Gruber near Muskogee, Okla., with hundreds more expected. As many as 3,000 additional evacuees may be moved to Falls Creek, Okla., in the coming days.
August 23, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole made the following statement today after a vote by the BRAC Commission to realign the Air Defense Artillery Center and School and the Net Fires Center to Fort Sill.
July 29, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole was able to secure $2.4 million for enhancements to Highway 19 from Ada to Stratford in the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report that passed in the House today.
Issues:Transportation
July 29, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole was able to secure $26 million for the Norman area in the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report that passed in the House today.
Issues:Transportation
July 29, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole was able to secure $1 million for reconstruction of the I-44/Fort Sill Key Gate interchange in the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report that passed in the House today.
Issues:Transportation
July 29, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole was able to secure $1 million for walkways in Midwest City in the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report that passed in the House today.
Issues:Transportation
July 29, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole was able to secure $3 million for the construction of a bypass grade separation in Duncan in the Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report that passed in the House today.
Issues:Transportation
July 29, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole voted today for the House Transportation Reauthorization Conference Report (H.R. 3), which included millions of dollars for vital highway projects across Oklahoma.
Issues:Transportation
July 28, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Cole voted today for the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to reduce trade barriers and help promote American exports.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
July 26, 2005
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole voted today for the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005, H.R. 3200, which increases the maximum coverage available under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs from the current $250,000 ceiling to $400,000.
Issues:Veterans & Military Retirees