John Thune actually said...

"Permitting and regulations, I will suggest to you, affect the bottom line even more than taxes do."

"I have to give credit to my fellow senator, Barbara Boxer. You know, she's liberal and I'm conservative. We all agreed on this and agreed to make changes."

"The impediment to more energy infrastructure is existing government regulations and red tape dragging out the completion of the needed projects."

"In response to these needs, President Trump released an ambitious proposal to rebuild the nation's infrastructure."