Tom Cole: “Well, thank you very much, Dr. Collins. Let me begin by thanking you and your colleagues for not only your appearance…”

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

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

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.

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