Honorable Tom Cole
United States Representative, Oklahoma, Republican
Representative Cole, of the Fourth District of Oklahoma, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1988 to 1991, as Executive Director of the National Republican Campaign Committee from 1991 to 1995, and as Oklahoma Secretary of State from 1995 to 1999. He sits on the Armed Services Committee and the Natural Resources Committee. The following is from the January 18, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 6, the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007. I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 6, the so-called Clean Energy Act of 2007….