John Thune: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing on the important highway safety issue of Distracted Driving.”

It's a pretty simple measure, but an important way to ensure that members of Congress are held to the standards that America should be able to expect of their representatives.

Well, I think people are, 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 like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.