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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 4, 2021

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 57…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 4, 2021

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 50, as…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 4, 2021

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 50, as…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 4, 2021

I think it's in his best interest not to testify, and I think most of the senators on both sides would like to expedite this.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

I would call out Sara Nelson, I think, for her very good testimony, trying to balance the needs of that critical infrastructure with public safety.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

Did they want to be the party of limited government fiscal responsibility, free markets, peace through strength and pro-life or do they want to be the party of conspiracy theories and QAnon?

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

hyperbole and dramatic overstatement is not conducive to addressing COVID-19.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

I think all reasonable people should be able to acknowledge that they are not zero steps.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

zero steps had been taken by South Dakota to address COVID-19, and that is simply not the case.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

a few minutes ago, I had the opportunity to pay my respects to U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who lies in honor right now in the Capitol Rotunda. By all accounts, Brian Sicknick decided early on that he wanted to be a police…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 189 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 3, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 193 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 2, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 163 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 2, 2021

That is a huge warning sign on the horizon, the fact that we have an ever-growing deficit.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 2, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Are there any…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 2, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Sinema). Are there any…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 1, 2021

It’s not where I get them to compromise. It’s what I get them to leave out.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Feb 1, 2021

Well, we look forward to working with you on those because there is a lot of skepticism out there right now that an actual free market exists, and so we will continue to work with you.

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