Tom Cole: “I look forward to working with you in your leadership.”

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

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.

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

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