Press Releases

Washington D.C. – To expand the education opportunities for disadvantaged children, Oklahoma's Tom Cole voted to make specific improvements to the Head Start program giving the children enrolled in it the ability to compete academically with their peers.

Washington D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole announced that the U.S. House has approved $1,001,000 in funding for the University of Oklahoma's SPY1 Phased Array Radar - a research effort focused on increasing tornado warning lead time.

Washington D.C. – In order to examine the impact of a bio-terrorism attack on the healthcare infrastructure and the subsequent impact on national and homeland security, Congressman Tom Cole participated today in the "Scarlet Shield" exercise during the Secretary of Defense's Strategic Policy Forum.

Washington D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole announced today that the House approved a number of new projects that would pump millions of dollars into Oklahoma's economy. Congressman Cole was able to include these projects specifically for Oklahoma in the FY 2004 Defense Appropriation Bill(H.R. 2658) passed in the House 399-19.

Washington D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole announced today that the House Appropriation Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies approved funding for Oklahoma specific transportation projects

Washington D.C. – To help ward off the potential natural gas crisis looming this fall and winter because of historically high prices and low inventories, Congressman Tom Cole, along with several of his colleagues, was appointed to a task force by U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) to address this escalating problem.

Washington D.C. – The Military Construction funding bill for FY 2004 overwhelmingly passed today in the House today earmarked funding for special projects on Oklahoma bases.

Washington D.C. – The House raised funding for state and local first responders to $20.8 billion through the Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004 (H.R. 2555).