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During the past two weeks I hosted a series of town halls throughout the Fourth District. These meetings were an important opportunity for me to listen, take questions and provide answers directly to my constituents. While the questions were diverse, a sizable number of them revolved around policies that the President has proposed or implemented since taking office. Many Oklahomans are deeply concerned over the President's out of control spending, as well as with his apparent neglect of our nation's military.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) announced today that he will be holding eight town hall meetings across the Fourth Congressional District in April. During these meetings, Representative Cole will meet with citizens to address their concerns. The meetings will be held in Ada, Ardmore, Midwest City, Marietta, Norman, Chickasha, Purcell and Lawton.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) gave the following statement regarding H. Con. Res. 85, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 2010, which passed yesterday in the House.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor last night opposing the Majority's budget proposal.
"Mr. COLE: I thank the gentleman for yielding. And, Madam Chair, I rise to oppose this Democratic budget. As we have heard repeatedly tonight, it spends too much, it taxes too much, and it borrows too much.
But I want to be fair to my friends on the Democratic side. There is one area of the budget where there is a glaring exception to that rule, and that is the defense of the United States of America.
The nation's capitol has recently been caught up in controversy surrounding Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and American International Group (AIG). In what many are calling "bonus-gate," it was revealed that after receiving an additional thirty billion dollars in government bail out funds, AIG awarded 169 million dollars in bonuses to their top executives. The public outrage over this caused the liberals in Congress to run for cover and sent the administration's spin machine into overdrive.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) issued the following statement today regarding President Obama's call for a new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"The situation in Afghanistan is fluid, so I welcome the new strategic direction that the administration announced this morning," Congressman Cole said. "Many skilled military advisors have recommended a troop level increase to our President, and I am pleased that he is heeding their advice."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) gave the following statement today, calling for President Obama to remove Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from his post.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) gave the following statement in an effort to encourage state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to apply for federal grants through the COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP). The grant application period closes April 14th.
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.