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The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel
Republicans' blueprint would balance the budget in 10 years and shift Medicare into a program that provides subsidies to the elderly to buy private insurance
All five U.S. House members from Oklahoma voted for the Republican budget on Thursday that would bring the federal budget to balance within 10 years, repeal Obamacare and change the structure of Medicare from a government program to one in which premiums for private insurance are subsidized by the government.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the House passed the Republican budget resolution to balance the budget in 10 years. The House also passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through September, preserving the sequester spending cuts and avoiding the threat of a government shutdown when the current funding expires on March 27.
"Today’s votes mark major progress toward a balanced budget, as well as a return to the regular order under which Congress was meant to operate.
House Republicans presented our annual budget blueprint last week, followed the next day by Senate Democrats. The contrast between the two plans could not be more stark.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the House Budget Committee and Chairman Paul Ryan released “The Path to Prosperity: A Responsible, Balanced Budget.” This fiscal year 2014 budget resolution will balance the budget within 10 years.
"The Path to Prosperity budget is the right plan for our serious economic challenges. To overcome the $16 trillion debt, we need a responsible, bold proposal like the House Republican plan to balance the budget in 10 years.
Much like the Mayan Apocalypse, the dreaded beginning of sequestration came and went without much fanfare. After the $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts went into effect on March 1, President Obama’s doomsday prophecies were exposed as politically motivated exaggerations and, in some cases, outright fallacies. Claims from the Obama administration that teachers are beginning to receive “pink slips” and Capitol Hill janitors are facing pay cuts were both awarded “Four Pinocchios” -- the highest score on the Washington Post fact checkers’ dishonesty scale.
The Eagle - Ted V. Foote Jr.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill will fund the government through the end of the fiscal year in September, replacing the temporary funding measure that expires March 26.
The rate of domestic violence and sexual assault for Native American women has reached epidemic proportions due in large part to a stunning legal loophole that severely limits tribal ability to prosecute these crimes. Until recently, non-Indians accused of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes against tribal members could only be prosecuted by the federal government and some states – not by the local tribal courts.