John Thune: “Chairman Thune and Commissioner Carr, I want to thank you for the lighter regulatory touches that you've allowed.”

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.

I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars.

Well, I think people are, there's voter fatigue with high gas prices and high diesel prices in my part of the world.

That's why again I hope that the administration is laser-focused on trying to get the strait open, get the shipping lanes opened up, and help out with that global energy supply.