WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, ranking Republican member of the House Rules Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 12, 2021: * * * Today's rule goes beyond the pale to once again protect Democratic members from actually having to vote on anything. Sadly, this has become an all too common occurrence under the Democratic majority. When directly voting on something might be too tough on Democratic members, just wave your wand and deem it passed. The House Budget Co  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2021: Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a rule deeming passage of a measure to raise the public debt limit by $480 billion. "I am deeply concerned by the method House Democrats used to raise the debt ceiling, skipping normal debate and bypassing a standalone vote on the me  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2021: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed she plans to add provisions to the socialist spending package requiring private financial institutions to report transaction-level data on the inflow and outflow of any bank accounts over $600. "We spent over 40 hours marking up the radical reconciliation bill in the Ways and Means Committ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2021: Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) released the following statement after voting against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's rule vote to 'deem' the debt limit increase passed without a vote on any real legislation. "Today, the House of Representatives voted to raise the debt ceiling rather than confront the true problem: unchecked spending," said Rep. Hern. "Democrats are unwilling to slow down, so thei  more