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February 18, 2016
Washington, DC – The office of Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) is now accepting entries for the annual Congressional Art Competition.

February 18, 2016
News Stories
The head of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday turned down the Obama administration’s request for emergency funding to fight the Zika virus, citing a pool of funding leftover from the Ebola virus.

February 18, 2016
News Stories
Congressman Tom Cole recently visited Pontotoc Technology Center.

February 18, 2016
News Stories
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will back GOP appropriators who want the White House to use idle funds designated for the Ebola outbreak to battle the Zika virus, according to an aide.

February 15, 2016
Weekly Columns

In what has become an annual event, last week President Obama released a budget proposal that has no basis in reality. This year, he again ignored our nation’s crushing burden of debt and the outdated entitlement programs that are driving it and instead offered a proposal that raises taxes on job creators and proposes billions of dollars of additional spending for new government programs.

Issues:Economy & Small Business

February 13, 2016
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) mourned the loss of United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was appointed to the nation’s highest court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan.

February 13, 2016
News Stories
Oklahomans reacted Saturday night to the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

February 9, 2016
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), a member of the House Committee on the Budget, released the following statement after President Barack Obama unveiled his $4 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2017.

February 9, 2016
News Stories
Rep. Tom Cole, an influential voice in spending on health and medical research, said President Barack Obama should come up with a way to pay for his new budget proposals, including one to expand treatment for people addicted to opioids.
Issues:Economy & Small BusinessScience and Technology

February 9, 2016
News Stories
Sometimes, prosperity can be a sign of failure. Take the $292 million pot of taxpayer dollars that politicians are refusing to touch.