Speech

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 2362 - the Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act, which he authored. This legislation would eliminate red tape in the tribal leasing process to facilitate U.S. trade with international partners and help economic development on tribal land. Capitalizing on the interest overseas companies have shown in working with Indian tribes, H.R.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5856 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Cole is a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.

"This is a good bill. As been mentioned earlier, it adds roughly $1 billion from roughly $519 billion in the base defense bill. What hasn't been mentioned, though, our overseas contingency fund [at] $88.5 billion [is] down $27 billion.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5872, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012. The legislation would require the president to submit to Congress a detailed report on how his administration plans to implement the sequestration spending cuts set to begin in 2013.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 6079 - the Repeal of Obamacare Act:

Obamacare is unpopular, unworkable, unaffordable – unpopular because it limits individual freedom and personal choice; unworkable because it relies on thousands of regulations, dozens of boards and commissions, and an unelected group of bureaucrats to distribute and ration care.

I rise today in support of my legislation, H.R. 3263, the Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act of 2011. Lake Thunderbird is a Bureau of Reclamation project which provides municipal water to Norman, Del City, and Midwest City -- all major municipalities in the Oklahoma City area. The watershed that feeds Lake Thunderbird has not been able to keep the lake full. The water that remains is of poor quality and ill-suited for drinking and recreation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of HR 205, the Hearth Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of HR 4970, the Violence Against Women Act:

"I rise in support of HR 4970. The bill as reported out of the Judiciary Committee lacked provisions protecting tribal women. but Chairman Smith and his staff, along with Leader Cantor and Congresswoman Adams worked with me to ensure that the protections for tribal women were added and included in this bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012: