Tom Cole: “If I may, Judge Arthur, in your written testimony, you highlight some of the criminal elements and organizations that…”

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

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

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.

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