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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.
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)
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.
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.
"It's my privilege to nominate outstanding young Oklahomans to serve in our nation's military academies," Congressman Cole said. "Our state has a distinguished tradition of military service, and the impressive accomplishments and commitment demonstrated by these students should make Oklahomans proud."
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. “As a delegation, we are deeply concerned this mandate would force drastic funding cuts for valuable state programs and significantly deteriorate the choice and quality of Oklahomans’ health care programs,” they wrote.
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. With Tuesday's election, they're not only sending a Republican to Washington; they're sending a message.
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.
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. The attempted terror attack on Christmas Day made it clear that our enemies remain as determined as ever to kill innocent Americans, regardless of who occupies the Oval Office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) issued the following statement today supporting C-SPAN's request to air coverage of the health care reform negotiations.
Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) hosts his monthly program "Cole on Congress" and visits with Rep. Wally Herger (CA-02) to provide an analysis on the issues facing our nation. (December 2009)