Tom Cole: The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ is a win for America

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Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma. Photo: House Committee on Appropriations

Winning Doesn’t Stop Here

Monday, July 14, 2025

By Rep. Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma)

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Last week, on America’s birthday, President Donald Trump delivered on his campaign promises, ushering in so many golden chapters ahead.

The One Big Beautiful Bill [H.R.1] enacts the largest tax cut in history for families, workers, and small businesses. It enhances economic growth and investment, secures our border and allows us to finally complete our border wall, and unleashes our domestic energy potential. It makes generational investments in our national security and defense by refocusing the Pentagon on lethality, instead of woke, DEI initiatives. The legislation reduces the national deficit through mandatory savings, while at the same time safeguards critical programs.

The One Big Beautiful Bill is the result that the majority of the American people voted for. It is a transformational step toward restoring American greatness – one rooted in common sense, fiscal responsibility, and an unshakeable confidence to build, prosper, and innovate.

This bill is a huge win for the American people. However, winning doesn’t stop here.

Now, as Congress moves forward with our constitutional duties, we must pass twelve appropriations bills that regulate government expenditures and ensure the taxpayer dollar is being spent responsibly – a mission that is necessary in order for our federal government to properly function and something I am deeply passionate about.

As Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, I look forward to utilizing the priorities and initiatives in the One Big Beautiful Bill to continue to guide our work on the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills still to come, as it is critical that our funding priorities remain focused on what matters most: protecting taxpayers, defending the homeland, and rebuilding the American dream.

Tom Cole, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, is serving his eleventh term in the U.S. Congress as the elected representative of Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District. He is recognized as an advocate for taxpayers and small business, a proponent for a strong national defense and a leader in promoting biomedical research. He is considered the foremost expert in the U.S. House of Representatives on issues dealing with Native Americans and tribal governments. He is the Chairman, the top Republican leadership position on the committee, of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which he has served on since 2009. He also previously served as the Chairman of the House Rules Committee. Cole and his wife, Ellen, have one son, Mason, and reside in Moore, Oklahoma.