Tom Cole: “We talk a lot in Congress about the differences and get covered, but there are lots of things the chair and I work…”

It reinforces support for key allies - like Israel and Taiwan - and directly counters threats from Communist China and other regimes that challenge our interests and principles.

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

It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid.

We're going to be in a crunch time.