Tom Cole: “I think it is fair to say that the chair and I agree with you about the imbalance between NIH funding and ARPA-H.”

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

Like you, Mr. President, Steve has been the victim of lawfare conducted by the Biden Administration

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.

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.