Tom Cole: “Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.”

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.

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

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