Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) today mourned the loss of T. Boone Pickens.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Deb Haaland (NM-01), who introduced the Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act today on the 25th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

Washington, D.C.—Today, the Congressional Pre-K Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20); Congresswoman Katherine M. Clark (MA-05); and Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) announced that Congressman Rodney Davis (IL-13) will be the newest co-chair of the Congressional Pre-K Caucus.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) remembered the tragedy of September 11, 2001, when planes were hijacked by terrorists and crashed into the World Trade Centers in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and in a field near Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania.

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and U.S. Representative Tom Cole (R-Okla.) returned yesterday evening from a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. The group toured a number of facilities in the Rio Grande Valley and met with officials from CBP, ICE and ORR to hear more about and assess funding needs related to the security and humanitarian crisis there.

Norman, OK – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement in response to the diversion of federal funds from military construction projects to border security needs.

Washington, D.C. – The Department of Health and Human Services announced that Oklahoma has earned two grants from the Medical Student Education Program, totaling $9.25 million over four years.

Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4), Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), and Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (VA-7) introduced H.R. 4196 to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make jobs in early childhood education eligible as community service under the Federal Work-Study Program.