Tom Cole: “I do not have any more speakers, and I'm prepared to close whenever my friend is.”

Our conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September. That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to it.

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

Like you, Mr. President, Steve has been the victim of lawfare conducted by the Biden Administration

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.