Rep. Cole Column: President Biden's COVID Catastrophe
February 08, 2022
February 08, 2022
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on Feb. 7, 2022:
Shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office, Democrats in Congress rushed to pass a supposed coronavirus relief package with a $2 trillion price tag, calling it the American Rescue Plan. Unfortunately, the partisan legislation was focused more on funding unrelated policies and programs on their radical wish list than actually addressing the ongoing needs of the pandemic.< . . .
Shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office, Democrats in Congress rushed to pass a supposed coronavirus relief package with a $2 trillion price tag, calling it the American Rescue Plan. Unfortunately, the partisan legislation was focused more on funding unrelated policies and programs on their radical wish list than actually addressing the ongoing needs of the pandemic.< . . .