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January 22, 2013
Weekly Columns

President Obama spent the last press briefing of his first term lecturing Congress to "pay the bills they have already racked up." "They" is a curious choice of pronoun for a president who has accumulated more debt than any chief executive in history.

Issues:Economy & Small Business

January 16, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after President Obama announced new gun control proposals:


January 16, 2013
News Stories

POLITICO - David Rogers

New York will always be bigger. Connecticut’s richer. But if there’s one lesson from the Hurricane Sandy debate, it’s Don’t Mess With Jersey.


January 14, 2013
Weekly Columns

After the 113th Congress was officially sworn in on January 3, one of the first orders of business was to approve new rules under which the legislative process will operate during this session of Congress.

Issues:Economy & Small Business

January 14, 2013
News Stories

Armoreite - Staff Report

Oklahoma Fourth District Representative Tom Cole said that the Chickasaw Nation Diabetes Care Center in Ada "sets the standard" for this type of facility.

Cole visited the center one week after Congress voted to renew the Special Diabetes Program for Indians as part of the American Tax Payer Relief Act of 2012.

Issues:Tribal Relations

January 11, 2013
News Stories
Reps. Tom Cole, Frank Lucas and Markwayne Mullin say President Barack Obama should not try to bypass Congress and issue an executive order on gun control.
Issues:Second Amendment

January 7, 2013
Weekly Columns

During the 2011 debt ceiling debate, President Obama famously declared that the government should "eat our peas" and raise the debt ceiling with no strings attached. But it is the president who needs to get comfortable with the idea of eating not only peas but carrots and spinach, as well.

Issues:Economy & Small Business