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Tom Cole: “The House did pass what's called a clean CR. Just keep…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published August 1, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:28

But from your end, you've made the trains run on time. But the big process still has some work to be done. Yeah, we really have. We, The House did pass what's called a clean CR. Just keep everything running through the election to December 4th. We got that done. The Senate. I actually talked to Senator Collins yesterday on this issue. (00:28–00:36)

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Asserts that the House passed a clean Continuing Resolution (CR) to maintain government operations until December 4th.

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“70% of the casualties in the last nine months have been inflicted by drones on both sides [in Ukraine].”
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“The first time in 100 years we had had a multiple ballot speakers race.”
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