Tom Cole: “I have more remarks. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”

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

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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 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.