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NORMAN – Rep. Tom Cole toured three women-owned businesses in Norman Thursday. Cole met with business owners and employees at OMS Technologies, Fancy Cakes, and Pink Elephant Cafe to learn more about the challenges facing women-owned small businesses.
The debt agreement that passed both houses of Congress last week may have ended the immediate threat of default, but it is only the beginning of the process to address the growing debt crisis. While the legislation doesn't have everything House Republicans would have liked, there is no question that it adheres to the conservative principles we have maintained throughout the debt ceiling debate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Oklahoma delegation, including U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), and U.S. Reps. John Sullivan (R-OK-1), Dan Boren (D-OK-2), Frank Lucas (R-OK-3), Tom Cole (R-OK-4), and James Lankford (R-OK-5) along with members of their staff, today sent care packages to servicemembers of the Oklahoma National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) currently deployed in Afghanistan and Kuwait.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the voting in favor of the Budget Control Act:
"While this agreement doesn't have everything we would have liked, there is no question that it adheres to the conservative principles we have maintained throughout this debate. We promised the American people that we would not allow a debt ceiling increase without corresponding spending cuts, that we would not allow tax hikes, and that we would advance a Balanced Budget Amendment. We have achieved all of these objectives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Budget Control Act:
"There's no question this isn't a perfect bill.
After a summer of debt discussions, the contrasts between House Republicans and Senate Democrats remain as clear as ever. House Republicans are committed to solving the long-term debt crisis. Senate Democrats just want to raise the debt limit long enough to make it through the next election, and then go back to business as usual. In their case, that means more spending.
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) hosts his monthly program "Cole on Congress" and visits with Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02) to provide an analysis on the issues facing our nation. (July 2011)
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) hosts his monthly program "Cole on Congress" and visits with Rep. Cory Gardner (CO-04) to provide an analysis on the issues facing our nation. (July 2011)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the voting against H.R. 2693, Senator Harry Reid’s debt limit increase bill:
"The Reid plan contains so-called spending cuts that are nothing more than smoke and mirrors. More than $1 trillion of the savings in the bill come from war spending for Iraq and Afghanistan that has never been requested in the first place. The only real cuts in the legislation are aimed at defense and would put America at risk.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the voting in favor of the Budget Control Act of 2011:
"House Republicans have now voted twice to avoid default and bring a responsible end to the debt ceiling crisis. Senate Democrats have passed nothing. President Obama has offered obstacles and veto threats but has never publicly presented his own plan.