Tom Cole: “So our enforcement efforts are multilayered and begin beyond the borders. That's how we are attacking the fentanyl…”

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

For anyone questioning this legislation, the facts are simple — it extends the government funding deadline to Dec. 4, denying any party the opportunity to manufacture leverage before elections.

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

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.