John Thune: “I appreciate that. I think sometimes too, though, that it gives them an out, a convenient out, an excuse at some point…”

It's an economic frustration.

I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

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.

Well, I think people are, there's voter fatigue with high gas prices and high diesel prices in my part of the world.