Media
Latest News
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.
“I’m looking at doing rifle shots on a lot of things, on Head Start programs, on elderly feeding programs,” Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, told POLITICO.
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.”
“If there have to be some examples made, they just need to get made because it's just not tolerable to be in this situation,” Cole, R-Moore, said at a House subcommittee hearing on the Air Force budget.
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. He was assigned Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. Landrum is survived by his parents, wife and children.
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. Three years later, the true cost of Obamacare is still becoming known, but it is evident that the losses far outweigh any benefits—now or ever.
CNN Money - Coleen Leahey
Our annual Fortune 500 portfolio of the people behind some of the biggest and most important organizations in America.
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.
The students, from around the tech center's service area, had the chance to hear from an honest to goodness astronaut, see what it's like to look down on earth from outer space, compare space food to cafeteria food, operate a rover and even have a photo made in a space suit.
Inside Climate News - Rachel Nuwer
When Renee McPherson took on the role of director of research at the South Central Climate Science Center last year, she had no idea that she’d soon be grappling with budget cuts that threatened her ability to support regional climate research or hire new graduate students and faculty—the premise of hosting the center in the first place.
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) hosts his monthly program "Cole on Congress" and visits with Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (CA-49) to provide analysis on the issues facing our nation. (April 2013)
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) hosts his monthly program "Cole on Congress" and visits with Rep. Billy Long (MO-04) to provide an analysis on the issues facing our nation. (April 2013)