John Thune actually said...

"It just strikes me that it would be a lot--I think people would be accepting of it."

"You have been misleading the American people, and the President has, over and over and over again."

"I want to direct this, if I might, to Dr. Perlmutter."

"We are on--I guess we're in the middle of what really is, should be, an avoidable partial government shutdown that nobody wants, but nobody seems willing or able to end."