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WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor on 3/19/2009.
"Mr. COLE: I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him for the way in which he framed the debate and did it in a way we can all understand. But this has been a troubling episode as well.
I think I guess what I'd call Bonusgate begins, I like to think, with three words. We've heard a lot of the three words recently. We've heard the word inherit, we've heard the word transparency, and we've heard the word accountability.
Democrats in Congress recently introduced the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a bill more accurately described as "card check" legislation. The bill is a payback for years of big labor lobbying from unions and labor activists' groups. Those groups have taken their case to Capitol Hill claiming that card check legislation is necessary to protect workers' free choice of whether or not to join a union. In truth, card check will strip away the secret ballot in workplace organizing elections and stifle job creation.
Says Workers Deserve to Have Secret Ballots Protected
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) criticized a bill introduced today which will eliminate secret ballots in union organizing elections. The so-called Employee Free Choice Act has also been described as "card check" and will replace the private vote with a public sign-up.
Coming on the heels of a $789 billion stimulus package, and a $410 billion Omnibus spending bill, President Obama has now presented the nation with the largest federal budget in our nation's history. The staggering $3.5 trillion budget proposal will raise taxes, grow the size of government and increase our deficits over the next ten years.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) issued the following statement today in response to the President's FY2010 budget proposal.
"Many of America's families are facing foreclosures, struggling to pay their bills and losing their jobs," Congressman Cole said. "While the government has a responsibility to look after the interests of American citizens, I don't think a $3.5 trillion dollar budget proposal is what they had in mind. And to make matters worse, the proposal will spur tax hikes during a period of recession - a move I think is monumentally irresponsible."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following statement after President Obama delivered his address before a joint session of Congress.
In late January, the Democrat Members of the House of Representatives brought forth a so-called stimulus bill with a price tag of nearly $820 billion dollars. I voted against this legislation, as did each and every other Republican Member of Congress. While our economy is certainly in need of stimulation, most economists agree that the best way to achieve this is by cutting taxes and making investments in our infrastructure -including our armed forces.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) issued the following statement after voting against the final Pelosi-Reid stimulus that passed today.
Vows to Fight Detainee Relocation to Fort Sill and other Communities in the United States
WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) introduced legislation today to prohibit use of the Department of Defense's (DOD) funds to transfer enemy combatants from Guantanamo Bay to the United States. It also prohibits using DOD's funds to build or repair holding facilities in the U.S. that would be used to house detainees. Cole's bill is H.R. 1012, the "Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Safe Closure Act of 2009."
Joins More than 450,000 in Disapproval of Democrats' Stimulus Plan
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) added his name to a petition recently, joining hundreds of thousands of Americans who are urging Congress not to pass the latest version of the stimulus bill.