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Tom Cole: “We hadn't gotten a big bill out in five years [from the…”

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

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The Cloakroom with Peter Roskam: Featuring Congressman Tom Cole, R-OK

Published | Video Starts at 24:56

I mean, Rosa and I, we first, we've been on a committee but we hadn't gotten to know one of them, became chairman of Labor. H. Most difficult one of the. I mean, nobody above me in seniority wanted to do it. We hadn't gotten a big bill out in five years [from the Labor Health and Human Services subcommittee]. The Labor Health and Human Services subcommittee. Correct. Super controversial. It's a complete nightmare. So I called Rose up, who had been the ranking member there for a number of years, and, and I said, why don't we have breakfast? (24:56–24:59)

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Asserts that the Labor Health and Human Services subcommittee had not passed a significant bill in five years.

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