Press Releases
December 8, 2003
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole secured $325,000 in the FY04 Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for wastewater infrastructure improvements in Choctaw.
December 8, 2003
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole secured $950,000 for priority projects in the Midwest City area in FY04 spending bills that passed in the U.S. House today.
December 8, 2003
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole secured $700,000 in the FY04 Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for the four-lane reconstruction of Rockford Road from 12th St to SH-142 in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
December 4, 2003
Washington, D.C. – With just a few days left until the President signs the historical bipartisan Medicare and Prescription Drug Bill, Congressman Tom Cole toured the Norman Regional Hospital and discussed the benefits for the local hospital under the new law.
Issues:Healthcare
November 21, 2003
Washington, D.C. – The bipartisan Medicare Conference Report (H.R. 1) grants all 523,409 Medicare beneficiaries in Oklahoma access to a voluntary Medicare prescription drug benefit – for the first time in the history of the Medicare program.
Issues:Healthcare
November 18, 2003
Washington, D.C. – Today a House-Senate agreement on a comprehensive national energy policy was debated on the House floor. Congressman Cole voted for this bill that passed in the House, 246-180.
Issues:Energy & Environment
November 7, 2003
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Tom Cole voted today in support of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 Conference Report (H.R. 1588), which passed in the House 362-40.
October 31, 2003
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Cole voted today to provide $87.5 billion to support U.S. troops and rebuild Iraq.
October 30, 2003
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole voted against the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2004 Conference Report (H.R. 2691), which passed the House 216-205
October 22, 2003
Washington, D.C. – Senator Don Nickles (R-OK), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Congressman Ernest Istook (R-OK), Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK), Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) and Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) have all been recognized for their unwavering commitment to the family when the Family Research Council (FRC) honored them with the annual “True Blue” award at a reception on Capitol Hill Tuesday evening.