For Immediate Release: February 13, 2009

WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) added his name to a petition recently, joining hundreds of thousands of Americans who are urging Congress not to pass the latest version of the stimulus bill.

"The bill that is moving through Congress will not stimulate our economy or create jobs," Congressman Cole said. "The Pelosi - Reid stimulus legislation is short on tax relief, short on infrastructure investment and very heavy on liberal special interest projects that cost hundreds of billions of dollars. The path this legislation takes us down is dangerously unsustainable and gambles the very future of our country."

The petition, a project of Americans For Prosperity (AFP), states:

“Congress should not enact an expensive spending bill under the pretense of stimulus or recovery. We cannot spend our way to prosperity, and such an expansion of the federal government will put a crushing burden on taxpayers in the long-term.”

It is available on AFP's "No Stimulus" web site at www.nostimulus.com.

The above release is from Congressman Cole's office and is not a product of Americans for Prosperity. Display of this release does not imply an endorsement. Americans for Prosperity does not endorse candidates or elected officials, who are all encouraged to sign the petition.