Tom Cole: “If you do not have enough money in the $2.5 billion you asked for, you will come back and ask for it, additional funds.…”

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.

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

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.