Tom Cole: “It is very clearly a trust responsibility to provide water on a reservation.”

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.

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

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

For anyone questioning this legislation, the facts are simple — it extends the government funding deadline to Dec. 4, denying any party the opportunity to manufacture leverage before elections.