Tom Cole: “I have consistently supported responsible and balanced legislation to get our long-term fiscal house in order.”

Our conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September. That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to 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.

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