Tom Cole: “The reality is, they flood the institutions around them anyway.”

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

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

We're going to be in a crunch time.

The bill before us is a clean, narrowly tailored continuing resolution that keeps the government open and operating. Nothing more. Nothing less.