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June 9, 2014
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With recent events and remembering D-Day 70 years ago, we are grateful for the men and women who courageously volunteer their service in our military to preserve and defend freedom. Whether serving on our own soil or directly in harm’s way overseas, the lives of our military are irreplaceable.

Issues:Defense, National Security & Foreign Affairs

June 5, 2014
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after it was discovered that Fort Sill Military Base in Lawton is expected to begin housing at least 600 unaccompanied minors who illegally immigrated to the United States. Since fiscal year 2011, the number of these individuals, usually from Central America, has grown from 6,000 to 66,000 last year. By next year, this number is expected to climb even higher to 127,000.

June 4, 2014
News Stories

The Hill - Cristina Marcos

Reps. John Delaney (D-Md.) and Tom Cole (R-Okla.) have introduced a bill to establish a commission to study how Social Security can achieve fiscal solvency.

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that Social Security will be unable to pay full benefits by 2031.

Delaney argued that Congress should start reviewing how to maintain Social Security sooner rather than later.

Issues:Social Security

June 2, 2014
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following statement after the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier who was captured by the Taliban in 2009. Bergdahl was released by the Taliban on Saturday in exchange for five senior Taliban leaders who were detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay.

June 2, 2014
Weekly Columns

During our country’s beginnings, our founders recognized the importance of establishing, protecting and preserving certain rights for all Americans. For generations, the unique liberties in our Bill of Rights have been the bedrock of our country and given assurance and peace of mind to every citizen.

While conflicting opinions and beliefs have and always will be inevitable, one of the reasons our nation remains the greatest in the world rests on the freedoms imagined and secured long ago by our forefathers.

Issues:Life

June 2, 2014
News Stories

NewsOK - Chris Casteel

Oklahoma Reps. Tom Cole, R-Moore, and Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, released statements on Monday critical of the Obama administration’s decision to exchange five former Taliban leaders who were being held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

Issues:Defense, National Security & Foreign Affairs

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June 1, 2014
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May 30, 2014
Washington, DC – Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6) and Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) filed today the Social Security Commission Act of 2014. The legislation creates a bicameral and bipartisan commission that is modelled after the 1983 Social Security Commission.

May 29, 2014
Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Tom Cole (OK-04) introduced the Rural Wind Energy Development Act to provide an investment tax credit to ranchers, farmers, and small businesses to offset the up-front costs of owning a distributed wind turbine. This modest expansion of current law will keep small business energy jobs growing across the United States.

May 27, 2014
News Stories

Duncan Banner - Derrick Miller

The threat of rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those attending the Stephens County Honor Guard’s remembrance service Monday.

The Honor Guard, which honored veterans and fallen soldiers with a Memorial Day service, came together with members of several veteran organizations at the American Legion marker in the Duncan Cemetery. Earlier in the day, the Honor Guard paid a visit to Comanche’s Fairlawn Cemetery and were slated to go to Rush Springs’ cemetery after leaving Duncan.