Tom Cole: “I just wanted to do that. Because the budget looks pretty good to me, broadly speaking.”

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.

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

We're going to be in a crunch time.