John Thune: “The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North…”

There's been enough uncertainty this last year, and, you know, unfortunately, I think through two government shutdowns that extended for a long period of time, it's better for everybody if there's predictability, certainty.

Unfortunately, I think after two government shutdowns that have extended for a long period of time, it’s better for everybody if there’s predictability, certainty, and just to take that issue off the table.

And I think at some point it becomes a decision of what can you get the votes to do.

But because Texas is such an expensive state, we’re going to need the president and his team to be engaged there and to be putting resources into that race.