Tom Cole: “It seems to me what are the sorts of things we can do--because we know it is risky--that would discourage that?”

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.

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.

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