Tom Cole: “I agree with the 18 Republican Governors who have recently called for your department to pull back proposed regulations.”

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.

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

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