Representative Tom Cole
Representing the 4th Congressional District of Oklahoma
Cole: Spending Cuts and Revenue Not Enough
02/03/2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) pressed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the necessity of entitlement reform to balance the budget. During a hearing of the House Budget Committee on Thursday, Cole asked Bernanke if a combination of...
Cole Comments on Pentagon Budget Cuts
01/30/2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement in response to comments by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta regarding Pentagon budget cuts and potential base closures:"The Department of Defense is working within strict budget constraints outlined by the...
Cole Reacts to State of the Union Address
01/24/2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) released the following statement after President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. In the spirit of bipartisan cooperation, Cole attended the speech with Democratic...
Read MoreBudget Report Shows Need for Entitlement Reform
02/06/2012
The annual budget report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) gets more grim every year. This year's Budget and Economic Outlook confirms that the 2012 deficit is expected to equal $1.079 trillion, marking the fourth consecutive year with a...
State of the Union: A Campaign Speech without Substance
01/30/2012
Most State of the Union addresses offer more empty promises than substantive policy. Even by that low standard, President Obama's latest annual address to Congress was a disappointment. Instead of proposing realistic solutions to the nation's severe economic challenges, the...
Obama's Keystone Decision Puts Politics Over Jobs
01/23/2012
President Obama's decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline was met with near universal outrage from both ends of the political spectrum. With good reason. The construction and operation of the Keystone pipeline would create 20,000 direct jobs and as...
Read MoreCole: Budget Agreement Puts American People First
08/01/2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Budget Control Act:"There's no question this isn't a perfect bill."There are a lot of things we would have liked, deeper spending...
Cole: Where is the President's Plan?
07/27/2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks in the House floor in support of the Budget Control Act of 2011:"Every now and then you need to step back and look at the record and put the...
Cole Urges Support for Budget Control Act
07/27/2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom Cole (OK-04) made the following remarks in the House floor in support of the Budget Control Act of 2011:"Mr. Speaker, this is the second time in this Congress has chosen, this house has chosen to...
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