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Tom Cole: “We will take care of the federal workers.”

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

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Published February 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 15:38

So it ripples through the economy. It's not even just the federal employees. And there's no assurance those people, if they had to be laid off, would get paid. We will take care of the federal workers. But even. It's just. They just went through this for 43 days. Right. We were just, we were just here. Yeah. Looking forward to anything specific. (15:38–15:41)

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“Inflation was over 9% and Joe Biden was president.”
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“We've got [the E7 wedge tail] fully funded in there.”
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“The Paladin artillery piece [at Fort Sill] is very well funded.”
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“Impact aid, which is for all our school districts that get money. There's over 215 of them because of either military presence takes a lot…”
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“The House has passed a bill. It's still live over in the Senate. And a majority of the United States Senate favors that bill.”
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“Most people, every poll that you can look at, think you ought to show an ID to vote.”
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