Tom Cole: “And I'm all for saying let's just not have any earmarks.”

We want to take away the possibility of a shutdown between now and the election.

We will engage where it matters, we will invest where it counts, and we will demand accountability for every dollar spent.

I hold the Democrats in the Senate most responsible, but I don’t excuse the Republicans for letting them do it.

The only reason we’re doing it now is, first, the Senate Democrats, I think, have misused the filibuster, and honestly, the Republicans have let them misuse the filibuster.