John Thune actually said...

"I would rather have people back at work, particularly in some of these essential areas."

"The complete lack of business sense from those who say you can start and stop an enterprise and that doesn’t cost more is so divorced from economic reality it is stunning."

"Isn't it better to have some funding than no funding?"

"We end up at the eleventh hour grasping to find a solution to try and solve a problem, and everybody's weighing the political impact of how this, who is going to benefit, who is going to lose."