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WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) last night voted in favor of the House agricultural disaster assistance supplemental bill. This legislation would allow people and organizations in Oklahoma who have experienced losses due to weather related disasters to apply for disaster relief assistance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) last night opposed the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. This bill diverts critical intelligence resources from hunting down al Qaeda to studying climate change.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) today strongly opposed the House Majority's attempt to ration funds for the troops and ultimately retreat from Iraq.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) today strongly opposed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. This legislation imposes additional federal penalties for having prohibited thoughts, and would eliminate any concept of "equal justice" under the law, dividing Americans into different classes of people subject to different protections under the law.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) voted last night in favor of H.R. 1592, the Improving Head Start Act. This bill will reform and strengthen the Head Start early childhood program. The program provides comprehensive early childhood services to low-income preschool children and their families.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Congressman Tom Cole, a member of the Chickasaw Nation and the only enrolled tribal member in the Congress, today co-sponsored the Tribal Government Equality Act of 2007. Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) is the primary sponsor.

Calls on Majority to Produce a Clean and Timely Emergency Funding Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Tom Cole, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today voted to sustain the President's veto of the Majority's Emergency Supplemental Bill which mandates a rigid and artificial deadline for troop withdrawal from Iraq.