Tom Cole: “I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas…”

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

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

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

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