Tom Cole: “What we did, we had the same situation. My friend, Mr. Calvert, sits on--and my friend, Ms. McCollum, sits on Defense…”

Like you, Mr. President, Steve has been the victim of lawfare conducted by the Biden Administration

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.

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

Our conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September. That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to it.