Tom Cole: “I have one other point to make first.”

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.

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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

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