Tom Cole: “My friend--and he is my friend--I think is really one of the great speakers of this Chamber. I mean that with all…”

The bill before us is a clean, narrowly tailored continuing resolution that keeps the government open and operating. Nothing more. Nothing less.

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.

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

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.