Press Releases
May 19, 2016
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4974, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations legislation for fiscal year 2017.
May 19, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after he was named a Fiscal Hero by the Campaign to Fix the Debt, a nonpartisan movement to improve America’s fiscal future.
Issues:Economy & Small Business
May 18, 2016
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2017.
May 18, 2016
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5243, the Zika Response Appropriations Act, to confront the Zika virus and prevent its spread. Cole is an original co-sponsor of the bill and a member of the House Committee on Appropriations.
Issues:Healthcare
May 13, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after a federal judge weighed in this week on House v. Burwell and ruled that the Obama Administration unlawfully used taxpayer dollars to fund portions of Obamacare.
Issues:Healthcare
May 13, 2016
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed 18 bills this week to address opioid abuse and addiction.
May 13, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) responded to the Obama Administration’s directive issued today requiring public schools to open access to bathrooms for transgender students.
May 10, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after last night’s deadly tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma, causing massive destruction and claiming two lives in Garvin County and Johnston County.
May 5, 2016
Norman, OK – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced expanded authority over all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco, hookah and cigars.
April 26, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, sent a letter to Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), in response to troubling findings related to an investigation by the CNCS Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Issues:Life