Tom Cole: “It is indeed a great pleasure to have you here today.”

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

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

We will engage where it matters, we will invest where it counts, and we will demand accountability for every dollar spent.

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.