Tom Cole actually said...

"I think we can make those efforts bipartisan."

"I would love to have the opportunity on another occasion to talk to you and address this and find out ways we could work together."

"I think most of my Republican colleagues share that view. We think we live in an extraordinarily dangerous world right now."

"You are spot on in terms of the need and the importance of forward funding those programs to protect them, just like we do the veterans program."