John Thune

Both pieces of legislation strike at the very heart of issues that the American people care deeply about, passionately about, and we'll see if the Democrats are willing to take yes for an answer.

It's a pretty simple measure, but an important way to ensure that members of Congress are held to the standards that America should be able to expect of their representatives.

The only conclusion one can draw is that the Democrats have concluded that it is good politics for them not to allow the Republicans to ‘get a victory’ or the president to ‘get a victory’ in the middle of a political season.

I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

It’s a great message. I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

Odds are we plan on being here next week," said Thune.

I worry about that, for sure.

Well, I think people are, there's voter fatigue with high gas prices and high diesel prices in my part of the world.

That's why again I hope that the administration is laser-focused on trying to get the strait open, get the shipping lanes opened up, and help out with that global energy supply.

It's an economic frustration.

There’s voter fatigue with high gas prices, and high diesel prices in my part of the world.

We’re erecting a big wall around all of our candidates [and we’re] raising record amounts of resources.

I don’t try and predict things like that.

The assumption is yes.

That’s something we’re going to find out about pretty soon, whether the Democrats are willing to take yes for an answer on that, but it has consequences for all the things we’re talking about today, most importantly energy prices.

If we have the supply in this country and we’re exporting it right now, that that might be one way of getting at it.

The export ban honestly makes probably more sense to me.

I think it illustrates the clear contrast between us and the Democrats about how you want to, how you see government functioning.

As the Democrat Party gets pulled further to the left, extreme candidates like James Talarico are becoming the norm.

I’m a realist. I don’t ever try and sugarcoat things. I think it’s a competitive environment right now.

The president and his team and their resources need to be brought to bear on Texas because it’s not one that we can lose if we’re going to hang on to a Republican majority.

We have to win this race…we're going to need all the hands on deck.

But because Texas is such an expensive state, we’re going to need the president and his team to be engaged there and to be putting resources into that race.

We absolutely have to win that race so everybody is all in for Ken Paxton.