Tom Cole: “I happen to be in the Natural Resources Committee when those Virginia recognitions came through.”

We're going to be in a crunch time.

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

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 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.