John Thune: “As chairman, I've made it a priority for this committee to focus on emerging technologies.”

It's an economic frustration.

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

I just think, if you’re looking at issues that we want to get at the heart of what everybody seems to be saying, the Democrats and others are saying, are important, we're concerned about.

I worry about that, for sure.