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Tom Jeffery Cole is an American politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Cole has been involved in various legislative efforts and has focused on issues such as national security, economic development, and healthcare. Throughout his tenure, he has been known for his commitment to conservative principles and has played a significant role in shaping policy within his district and beyond.
Just very quickly I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to thank my friend. I can assure you that we take this very serious, as well. I have lots of Federal employees, and the real job loss won't be theirs. They will certainly…
For the purpose of response. First, I appreciate my good friend, whom I have worked with on a number of things, most recently the Violence Against Women Act, where she certainly ably represented the bill in the Rules Committee and on the…
Just, again, to get back to the big picture for a moment, as my friends know, we're going to spend about $3.5 trillion this year in the Federal budget. These dreaded cuts, in terms of the total budget, amount to 2.4 percent of all…
I just want to make a few quick comments in reference to my good friend's remarks. You referred to an interesting phrase, ``selective bipartisanship.'' I would suggest to my friend that we've probably practiced that more in 2 months than…
Yesterday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule for the consideration of H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013. The rule is a closed rule…
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 99 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 99 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…
For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from Worcester, Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this…
Just for the purpose of response, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate my good friend's offer on staying in session last week. It would have been nice if we'd have dealt with this 18 months ago. We've known it's been…
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Listening to my colleagues, I'm reminded of that old saying that Washington, D.C., is 10 square miles surrounded by reality. Let's talk a little bit about the definitions we use for cuts. First of…
I will finish my point, and I will be happy to yield to my friend briefly. I think that the reality is we ought to recognize--just as I urge my friends on my side of the aisle to recognize--as we approach the end of the Bush tax cuts, that…
Reclaiming my time, I'd be happy if the United States Senate decided to operate collectively instead of individually, but I didn't write their rules and neither did my friends. I'm sure if we got to write them--although we've both sent a…
I will in a moment. Let me just finish my point. But we will move in the right direction. We will actually move to avoid a government shutdown. We'll leave open an avenue of negotiation with our friends in the Senate. I'm sure the…
Reclaiming my time, we'll have an opportunity in the sense of the previous question. We'll see how the majority shakes out on that issue. I'm sure my friends will regard that as effectively a vote on their proposal. With that, I reserve…
I'm certainly prepared to close whenever my friend is. Mr. McGOVERN. We are prepared to close as well, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I would say to my friend, the gentleman from Oklahoma, that the…
I yield myself the balance of my time. I want to begin by, frankly, agreeing with my friend. The time to act has long since passed. We tried to act a long time ago. We tried to act in May, but nobody in the Senate chose to pick up our …
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the rule and the underlying legislation. This rule brings the Senate-passed version of VAWA to the floor and allows us to vote on House language to replace that version. I…
It was always about keeping the commitments from the federal side and what can we do to try and make you more self-sufficient.
I cannot think of another Secretary of the Interior that has done more for Indian Country.
I think it has been exceptional and it has been a great bipartisan partnership in this committee.
I have got actually both kinds of facilities and tribes in both situations in my district, and you know, it is pretty unfair in terms of those that simply do not have the ability.
I do think that that whole area is one where, we as Americans, Democrats and Republicans, can celebrate where you showed a tremendous amount of bipartisan cooperation.
we do seem to have a disparity of interest and I would like your thoughts on that.
the Chickasaws are more than willing to cede back every--if we can just have northern Mississippi and parts of Alabama back.
We were able because of both of them in this committee to deal with Carcieri.
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