Tom Cole: “I listened very carefully to the response you gave Representative Clark and appreciate it.”

For anyone questioning this legislation, the facts are simple — it extends the government funding deadline to Dec. 4, denying any party the opportunity to manufacture leverage before elections.

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.