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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following statement after the House vote on H.R. 3534, the "CLEAR" Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 4899, a supplemental appropriations bill to provide critical funding for war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq:
The Obama administration has devoted an extraordinary amount of time and effort to convincing the American people that the president's big spending agenda is working. According to the Wall Street Journal, President Obama and White House officials have visited 172 cities in the past year and a half to argue -- incorrectly -- that the 2009 "stimulus" plan has helped our struggling economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following statement after the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior approved language to amend the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (IRA) to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes. The policy would address issues created by the Carcieri v. Salazar decision:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 725, the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act, which included amendments to the Tribal Law and Order Act:
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 725, the Senate amendments to the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendment Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following statement after the House passed H.R. 725, the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act, which included amendments to the Tribal Law and Order Act:
With the popular Bush tax cuts set to expire at the end of the year, House and Senate Democrats scheduled a meeting last week to begin discussing tax policy. Given that the majority party never met a tax hike it didn't like, it's always cause for anxiety when they talk taxes.
President Obama's choice to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will have enormous influence over the future of health care in America. With a budget larger than the Department of Defense, CMS is one of the key government agencies tasked with implementing many significant aspects of the unpopular government health care takeover.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) today issued the following statement after the Obama Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block implementation of Arizona's immigration law:
Headlines may be proclaiming the passage of "financial reform" legislation, but the policies approved in the House of Representatives on June 30 are far too inadequate to deserve the label "reform." Instead of true reform, congressional Democrats did what they always do: expand government bureaucracy, increase tax burdens and then make the media rounds to declare success.