WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Maloy: "Shutdowns are no way to govern the greatest country in the world." Democrats have kept the government shut down longer than any shutdown in history. They have made a choice to inflict needless hardship on families, federal workers, and communities nationwide. This crisis was entirely preventable - the clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution (CR) S more PR