Tom Cole: “This is a tough budget cycle, and, you know, we have got a large deficit.”

We will engage where it matters, we will invest where it counts, and we will demand accountability for every dollar spent.

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.

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.