Tom Cole: “I have been a champion on this issue for the past 15 years, since the Supreme Court's 2009 Carcieri v. Salazar decision.”

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

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

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.