John Thune: “Those are many things that we've been trying to do here, for some time, and reforms that I think would help lower costs.”

There’s voter fatigue with high gas prices, and high diesel prices in my part of the world.

Odds are we plan on being here next week," said Thune.

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.

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