Tom Cole: “I do think as a Congress, we are on an awfully dangerous and awfully divisive course.”

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

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.

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

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.