Press Releases
December 2, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) congratulated the Lawton Ft. Sill Regional Airport after it was awarded a $3 million grant through the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) administered by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Issues:Transportation
November 26, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) applauded the Trump Administration’s recent actions to combat the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous persons.
Issues:Tribal Relations
November 21, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, issued the following statement after learning of today’s training accident at Vance Air Force Base in Enid.
November 20, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) congratulated Mid-America Christian University (MACU) after it was announced that MACU will be awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture through the Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program.
Issues:Education
November 20, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia regarding DOL's acknowledgment that more than one million dollars in funding for the Apprenticeship Grants program had been inappropriately obligated.
November 19, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) and Congressman Don Young (AK-AL) introduced the Indian Buffalo Management Act of 2019.
Issues:Tribal Relations
November 18, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after it was reported that a deadly shooting occurred today at a Wal-Mart store in Duncan, Oklahoma.
November 14, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Tom Cole, Lucy McBath, Gwen Moore and John Katko introduced the bipartisan Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act, H.R. 5041, the only federal funding source under HHS dedicated to providing domestic violence prevention services.
November 8, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Today, a coalition of congressional champions for Native American communities introduced a resolution recognizing the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month.
Issues:Tribal Relations
October 27, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced the successful U.S. operation that resulted in the death of ISIS terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.