Tom Cole: “I think first of all as I look at the fiscal year 2025 overall PDI summary from DOD, including the Department of the…”

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

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.

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.