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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 2362 - the Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act, which he authored. This legislation would eliminate red tape in the tribal leasing process to facilitate U.S. trade with international partners and help economic development on tribal land. Capitalizing on the interest overseas companies have shown in working with Indian tribes, H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) released the following statement after the House vote on H.R. 2362 - the Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act, which he authored. This legislation would eliminate red tape in the tribal leasing process to facilitate U.S. trade with international partners and help economic development on tribal land. Capitalizing on the interest overseas companies have shown in working with Indian tribes, H.R.
Our military faces devastating reductions in capability unless the Senate and President Obama will join the House of Representatives in acting to prevent debilitating spending cuts -- half of which were never meant to be enacted.
The Pentagon is slated for $487 billion in cuts under President Obama's budget. That means that over the next five years, the military will be forced to carry out its missions with70,000 fewer soldiers, 20,000 fewer Marines, 25 fewer combat vessels and seven fewer aircraft fighter wings.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) released the following statement after House passage of H.R. 5856 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Cole is a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
"Anyone who thinks America spends too much for defense should examine this legislation. This year's Defense Appropriations bill cuts $28 billion and reduces the number of military personnel by 21,000.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5856 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act. Cole is a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
"This is a good bill. As been mentioned earlier, it adds roughly $1 billion from roughly $519 billion in the base defense bill. What hasn't been mentioned, though, our overseas contingency fund [at] $88.5 billion [is] down $27 billion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5872, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012. The legislation would require the president to submit to Congress a detailed report on how his administration plans to implement the sequestration spending cuts set to begin in 2013.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) released the following statement after the bipartisan passage of H.R. 5872, the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012. The legislation would require the president to submit to Congress a detailed report on how his administration plans to implement the sequestration spending cuts set to begin in 2013.
"There is strong bipartisan agreement that the sequester is a terrible policy that should not be allowed to happen. These automatic, arbitrary cuts could cost Oklahoma's economy up to 16,000 jobs and $630 million.
The Arms Trade Treaty currently under consideration by the United Nations is rightfully the subject of growing concern. Typical of many U.N. initiatives, the treaty has an unrealistic but vaguely laudable goal. According to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the "robust and legally binding" treaty "will have a real impact on the lives of those millions of people suffering from consequences of armed conflict, repression and armed violence." By establishing international standards on the import, export and transfer of arms, the U.N.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 6079 - the Repeal of Obamacare Act:
"The American people have made clear that they simply do not want a radical overhaul of the health care system. Obamacare is a deeply unpopular, unaffordable and unworkable bill that limits individual freedom, raises taxes, drives up health costs and mandates thousands of regulations enforced by unelected bureaucrats.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 6079 - the Repeal of Obamacare Act:
Obamacare is unpopular, unworkable, unaffordable – unpopular because it limits individual freedom and personal choice; unworkable because it relies on thousands of regulations, dozens of boards and commissions, and an unelected group of bureaucrats to distribute and ration care.