WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025: * * * Cole asks Democrats: What Do You Stand For? Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) led debate on the House Floor in favor of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. Chairman Cole delivered the following remarks. Read them more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Republicans Restore Order: Congress Passes Clean Funding Extension and Full-Year Appropriations Bills to Reopen Government The House of Representatives passed the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, with a vote of 222 to 209. After a damaging and unnecessa more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise: Today is About Ending the Misery Democrats Created * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) spoke on the House floor ahead of House Republicans' vote to reopen the government, as Democrats continue to placate their radical base and hold Americans hostage. Leader Scalise emphasized that it's past time to bring the Democrat-imposed suffering to an end. Click  more PR