Tom Cole: “I want to reiterate again thank you, thank you, thank you for the bold stance that you took with respect to how we fund…”

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.

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

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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