John Thune: “I just want to know if you are prepared to exercise your authority granted in the law to protect U.S. aviation users.”

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.

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

The only conclusion one can draw is that the Democrats have concluded that it is good politics for them not to allow the Republicans to ‘get a victory’ or the president to ‘get a victory’ in the middle of a political season.