John Thune actually said...

"I don’t want to see taxes go up on anyone."

"We've got a lot of other stuff we've got directly in front of us at the moment."

"If Democrats were interested in further changes, as they claim, they would have had the chance to make those changes on the floor, all they had to do was vote for cloture."

"Once we're on the bill, we can discuss changes here on the floor."