Tom Cole: “I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire from the gentleman from Oklahoma…”

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.

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.

It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid.