John Thune: “A clear message that this coming Congress needs to double down on the work that we've been doing on affordability.”

I was open to hearing what the arguments are

Obviously, the election result was not what we hoped for. But I think it’s important that we take the lessons from that and internalize the message the American people were sending to us.

As we move forward, we are going to be listening intently to what the American people are saying.

The election results gave Senate Republicans an opportunity to reflect on what we as a party need to do better