John Thune: “This is a critically important agency with a wide swath of jurisdiction in areas that are critically important to our…”

When the Senate completes its business on Aug. 8, to meet for pro forma sessions only at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.

It seems to me sometimes I’m the only one who can count to 50 in this town.

By scrambling the Democrats, we’ll spread their resources thin, making it nearly impossible for them to flip the seats they need to take the majority.

I think we have a bunch of stuff we have to finish and we’ll just stay until we finish it.