Cole rebuffs Aderholt call for delayed Appropriations election: Not a ‘wise decision’

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EXCLUSIVE — Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) dismissed calls from his colleague, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), to delay the selection of a new Appropriations Committee chair, saying it is not a “wise decision.”

“I think we need to move now,” Cole said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “You need to remove the uncertainty.”

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