Tom Cole: “It is just very important, I think.”

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

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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

The bill before us is a clean, narrowly tailored continuing resolution that keeps the government open and operating. Nothing more. Nothing less.