Cole Votes for Budget Control Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after the voting in favor of the Budget Control Act of 2011:

"House Republicans have now voted twice to avoid default and bring a responsible end to the debt ceiling crisis. Senate Democrats have passed nothing. President Obama has offered obstacles and veto threats but has never publicly presented his own plan.

"This is not a perfect bill, but it contains major spending cuts and budgetary reforms that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago when Democrats controlled the House. Conservatives have permanently ended the days of routine debt ceiling increases, and that alone is a major victory and historic achievement.

"President Obama has failed to lead and Senate Democrats have failed to act, but the House has done the right thing for the American people and taken another important step toward putting the country on a responsible fiscal path."