Tom Cole: “I very much appreciate that and commend you for your diligence and urge you to double down on that.”

The Senate has wasted the entire year and a half. They have not passed a single bill.

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

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.

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