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Historic Failure: Democrats Responsible for Longest Government Shutdown Ever
November 5, 2025
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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement as the Democrat-led shutdown reaches the unprecedented milestone of becoming the longest in American history:
Cole, Harris, Thompson, Finstad: “Democrats are denying full SNAP benefits to vulnerable Americans.”
November 4, 2025
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Washington, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), and House Agriculture Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Brad Finstad (R-MN) released a statement on how continued Democrat obstruction in reopening the federal government has denied full, uninterrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to vulnerable Americans:

Republicans are Working to Help Constituents Impacted by the Democrat Shutdown
November 4, 2025
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Washington, D.C.– While Democrats continue their theatrics, forcing government employees to work without pay for a full month and risking programs like SNAP and WIC, Republicans have been working hard to help the people impacted by this prolonged, unnecessary shutdown. Appropriators are having face-to-face conversations with constituents while Democrats are filming TikToks in the halls of the Capitol Building, hosting photoshoots on the plaza, and avoiding tough questions from their constituents who are hurt by their shutdown tactics. 

Cole, Díaz-Balart, Moore Commend President Trump’s CPC Designation for Nigeria, Action to Protect Persecuted Christians
October 31, 2025
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Washington, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), Vice Chair and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), and Legislative Branch Subcommittee Vice Chair Riley Moore (R-WV) – who has routinely advocated to end religious persecution – released a statement commending President Trump’s action to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) due to the alarming and ongoing persecution of Christians across the country:
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