John Thune actually said...

"I would like to point out that there are several outstanding letters that I sent... that remain unanswered."

"Infrastructure is important. It is important to our country, it is important to our competitiveness, it is important to our economy."

"And so I hope that you will get your pencils out and find as many savings as you can within the department's budget."

"We cannot continue to borrow from the general fund to fund highways."