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May 12, 2013
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POLITICO - Darren Samuelsohn

Sequestration was supposed to be a meat ax slashing large chunks of the federal budget, but Congress is poised to turn it into Swiss cheese.

The shortlist for the next round of possible sequester saves includes cancer patients, medical researchers, hungry seniors, poor people and pre-schoolers.

Issues:Economy & Small Business

May 10, 2013
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The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel

Expressing dismay with a growing problem of sexual assault in the military, Rep. Tom Cole told the top two officials in the U.S. Air Force on Thursday that somebody might have to get “kicked out.”

Issues:Veterans & Military Retirees

May 8, 2013

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) mourned the loss of Lawton-native First Lieutenant Brandon J. Landrum who died last Saturday while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Landrum was one of five soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.


May 7, 2013
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) today introduced H.R. 1850, the Home School Equity Act for Tax Relief. This legislation allows home school families to receive the same tax deduction currently offered to elementary and secondary teachers for education expenses.

May 6, 2013
Weekly Columns

If it sounded too good to be true, that’s because it was. Before the Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010, President Obama painted an unreal, impossible picture of how this reform would affect hardworking Americans and job creators.


May 6, 2013
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CNN Money - Coleen Leahey

Our annual Fortune 500 portfolio of the people behind some of the biggest and most important organizations in America.


May 3, 2013
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Lawton Constitution - Stephen Robertson

Great Plains Technology Center played host to 1,100 middle and high school students Thursday to show them that not even the sky is the limit.