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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Nov 12, 2020

I do think they're going to have to work that out in very short order.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 12, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. Loeffler), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr…

Congressional Record · 2020-11-12
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Nov 12, 2020

Vice President Biden should have access to those classified reports.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 11, 2020

We need his voters and he has a tremendous amount of followers. He's trying to get through the final stage of his election and determine the outcome there.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 10, 2020

We need his voters. He has a tremendous following. He can have a tremendously positive impact on the outcome of the Georgia Senate. We want him helping in Georgia, for sure.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 10, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan), and the Senator from…

Congressional Record · 2020-11-10
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 10, 2020

Madam President, before I begin, I want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early results of a COVID vaccine are showing a greater than 90 percent rate of effectiveness. This is great news and a testament to the…

Congressional Record · 2020-11-10
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 10, 2020

Mr. President, I have 4 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the…

Congressional Record · 2020-11-10
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 10, 2020

Madam President, we are now a week on from the election, but there are still a lot of outstanding races to determine. Votes are still being counted or will soon be recounted in many States. The Presidential race has yet to be certified…

Congressional Record · 2020-11-10
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 10, 2020

Madam President, tomorrow we celebrate Veterans Day, the day set aside to honor all those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. This year, we observed the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, and our Nation's World War II…

Congressional Record · 2020-11-10
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Nov 9, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Alaska (Mr…

Congressional Record · 2020-11-09
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 26, 2020

It's the will of the American people and their voices that need to be heard.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 25, 2020

Madam President, the Democratic leader seems to think that this had something to do with a 3-minute speech 30 years ago. I don't know where that comes from. I can tell you that he has been involved in a systematic reversal of the…

Congressional Record · 2020-10-25
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 25, 2020

Mr. President, later today we will confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. By now, I don't need to tell anybody that she is one of the most highly qualified Supreme Court candidates in living memory. Her appearance before the…

Congressional Record · 2020-10-25
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 24, 2020

Mr. President, this deserves a response. The pandemic is an act of God. Maybe--maybe--and we don't know. We don't know what complicity China had in--the chance that it was developed in a lab in this. We just don't know. But we certainly…

Congressional Record · 2020-10-24
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 24, 2020

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, where do you begin? That was quite the statement. At some point in time, it just becomes galling to listen to the tactics--the scare tactics and false allegations, particularly from the other…

Congressional Record · 2020-10-24
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 24, 2020

Reserving the right to object, when the COVID crisis first hit, this body, all of Congress, recognized how serious the situation was, and we acted. We acted in a very bipartisan fashion. We acted in a massive fashion, as a matter of fact…

Congressional Record · 2020-10-24
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 24, 2020

Mr. President, if I could just make one quick observation here, first off, the funding that was provided in the Republican bill wasn't inconsequential. It was $650 billion. And to the Democratic leader's point about the people in this…

Congressional Record · 2020-10-24