Tom Cole: “We need some focus here, not on some of these other agendas that, frankly, are stalling out right now.”

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

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.

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

For anyone questioning this legislation, the facts are simple — it extends the government funding deadline to Dec. 4, denying any party the opportunity to manufacture leverage before elections.