Tom Cole: “It is just a no brainer to spend millions--to spend billions on preparedness to save trillions of dollars in costs.”

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

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.

The bill before us is a clean, narrowly tailored continuing resolution that keeps the government open and operating. Nothing more. Nothing less.

I hold the Democrats in the Senate most responsible, but I don’t excuse the Republicans for letting them do it.