Tom Cole: “I really think that my good friends in the majority need more time to present a fair rules package. So I move to…”

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

I hold the Democrats in the Senate most responsible, but I don’t excuse the Republicans for letting them do it.

We're going to be in a crunch time.

We want to take away the possibility of a shutdown between now and the election.