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Cole Joins Bipartisan Group to Introduce Bill to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis
September 11, 2019
Press Release
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).
Issues:Tribal Relations
Congressional Pre-K Caucus Announces New Co-Chair, Congressman Rodney Davis
September 11, 2019
Press Release
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.
Issues:Education
Cole Remembers September 11, 2001
September 11, 2019
Press Release
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.
American Carnage by Tim Alberta
Books I'm Reading: September 2019
September 10, 2019
Books I'm Reading
American Carnage (Tim Alberta)
A Busy Six Weeks
September 10, 2019
Weekly Columns

Even though the U.S. House of Representatives was not in session, I kept a busy schedule during the extended work period. Throughout the last six weeks, I spent a great deal of time in Oklahoma hearing directly from constituents, local community leaders and small business owners at town halls and other meetings.

Issues:Defense, National Security & Foreign AffairsImmigration
Cole, Capito, Blunt Visit U.S.-Mexico Border to Assess Funding Needs
September 5, 2019
Press Release
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.
Issues:Immigration
Cole Statement on Diversion of Funds for Border Security
September 5, 2019
Press Release
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.
Issues:Defense, National Security & Foreign AffairsImmigration
The 5G Frontier
September 3, 2019
Weekly Columns

While lawmakers debate numerous issues of significance, an important matter surrounding personal freedom and national security quietly looms in the background. America and our Western allies are locked in a modern-day space race with China and Russia to establish international norms for the revolutionary 5G wireless network.

Issues:Science and Technology
Oklahoma Researchers Leading the Way
August 28, 2019
Weekly Columns

Last week brought some significant news for Oklahoma that affirmed the tremendous talent and potential that exists in our state's medical and research communities.

Issues:HealthcareScience and Technology
Oklahoma Receives Two Grants for Graduate Medical Education
August 23, 2019
Press Release
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.
Issues:Healthcare