John Thune: “The United States Senate is first and foremost a public institution, accountable to the people.”

Odds are we plan on being here next week," said Thune.

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

I worry about that, for sure.

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.