Tom Cole's file

Republican from Oklahoma

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., was elected to Congress in 2002. He's a fifth-generation Oklahoman and one of the only Native Americans serving in Congress.

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Mostly False

Changes make little practical difference

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The impeachment process against Donald Trump "provides fewer due process protections and fewer protections for minority rights than what we have seen in previous impeachment efforts."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, November 4th, 2019

Mostly True

Old data might still hold true

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"Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, March 2nd, 2018

True

A matter of the federal budget process

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"There’s no money" for Planned Parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Mostly True

Every member but one

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Says about NSA data collection: "Every member in both parties who served on the Intelligence Committee voted in favor of this."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, August 2nd, 2013

True

Recession drove need

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Food stamp spending "doubled under President Bush, doubled again under President Obama."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, July 19th, 2013