Tom Cole actually said...

"If we don't get to a good number in the nondefense area, we will inevitably end up doing something that nobody on either side of the aisle wants to do."

"We are either going to have a continuing resolution or we are going to have a negotiated bipartisan agreement."

"I think it is a constitutional issue as well. And I think it means a lot when people of your stature tell us that it matters to the men and women that we have put in harm's way to do difficult things ..."

"if Americans are willing to support you with their checks, large and small, it suggests to me that you have done your mission."