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February 1, 2010

The office is pleased to announce the publication of press releases on its new website.

This will allow our office to communicate timely events and important news to our constituents and district residents.

Please stay tuned for continued information from us.


February 1, 2010
Weekly Columns

The agenda President Obama outlined in his State of the Union address essentially promises more of the same: more spending, more burdens on American businesses, and more symbolic measures that do nothing to provide real solutions to the challenges we face.


February 1, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following statement today in response to the release of the Obama administration's fiscal year 2011 budget:


January 31, 2010
Cole On Congress


Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) hosts his monthly program "Cole on Congress" and visits with Denise Bode of the American Wind Energy Association to provide an analysis on the issues facing our nation. (January 2010)


January 27, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Cole made the following statement about President Obama's State of the Union Address, January 27, 2010:

"The agenda President Obama outlined tonight essentially promises more of the same: more spending, more burdens on American businesses, and more symbolic measures that do nothing to provide real solutions to the challenges we face.


January 25, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) announced the names of students from Oklahoma's Fourth Congressional District who have received nominations to one or more of America's prestigious service academies.


January 25, 2010
Weekly Columns

The outrage against nationalized health care has reached the voting booth -- and in dramatic fashion. Last week, Massachusetts voters stunned the nation by electing Republican Scott Brown to the Senate seat held for nearly 47 years by Ted Kennedy. This bluest of blue states voted overwhelmingly for President Obama in 2008 and had not elected a Republican to the Senate in decades.


January 25, 2010

WASHINGTON - Oklahoma’s House Delegation is urging Speaker Pelosi to exclude any unfunded federal mandates from the final health care bill. In a letter to the Speaker, the House Delegation said the unfunded Medicaid mandates in the House-passed bill would have a crippling effect on the state of Oklahoma.

Issues:Healthcare

January 18, 2010
Weekly Columns

Time and again, Americans have made it absolutely clear that we don’t want a government takeover of health care. And, time and again, President Obama and Congressional Democrats have ignored our wishes and pressed ahead with their unpopular plans.


January 8, 2010
Weekly Columns

On Inauguration Day, Barack Obama pledged to “seek a new way forward” in American foreign policy, “based on mutual interest and mutual respect.” Less than a year later, we received a stark reminder that al Qaeda terrorists have no intention of seeking a new way forward.