John Thune: “this bill reflects the bipartisan consensus on this issue, and it's had an open and bipartisan process since the very…”

At some point, we’ve got to get this done.

I wouldn’t be where I am without Jim Abdnor.

I’m hoping the White House will become engaged. Texas is an incredibly expensive state and obviously one that we need, that we’ve got to hold if we’re going to keep the United States Senate.

If you want to have a Republican Senate majority after the election — is not to have us turning fire on each other, but drawing contrasts with Democrats.