John Thune: “Democrats are well aware of the damage of a government shutdown.”

So if you want to see the country succeed and move forward, we've got to have a majority in the U.S. Senate to work with this president.

Hopefully with a majority in the House as well, but I am very committed to doing whatever I can in the next couple of weeks getting around the country on behalf of our candidates to ensure that we have that majority in the Senate.

And I think, like a lot of places, it's economic issues.

There's a lot more to do. And we look forward to rolling up our sleeves and lacing them up and getting after it.