John Thune: “I’m fully confident we’re going to be ready to roll, and we have to be.”

There's clearly an interest among certain members of our conference for a higher level of military and defense.

As soon as they’re ready to go, we’ll put it on the floor

I’m hoping the White House will become engaged. Texas is an incredibly expensive state and obviously one that we need, that we’ve got to hold if we’re going to keep the United States Senate.

We’ve got to get a bill, if we want to pass a farm bill, that’s something that can pass the House and be signed into law by the president.