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Tom Cole: “Defense, which is by far the largest spending bill, and…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Rep. Cole's Weekly Chat | Week of 6.1.26

Published | Video Starts at 03:57

We should get the rest of these bills again out. As I said, by July 4th. There's only three more that the committee has to do. They're big ones. Defense, which is by far the largest spending bill, and honestly probably the single bill that has the most impact on the Oklahoma economy. both because we have five military facilities in Oklahoma, the two largest being Fort Sill and Tinker Air Force Base, which are the two largest single site employers in Oklahoma. (03:57–04:07)

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Asserts that the defense bill is the largest spending bill and has the most impact on Oklahoma's economy.

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