John Thune actually said...

"Safety's got to be a top priority."

"It seems to me at least that the legislation would at least provide temporary relief from this until such time as you can work through the appropriate forum."

"the wisdom of having the gains rate the same as the ordinary income rate, or treating capital gains as ordinary income."

"I think that, based on historically the way you have pegged that, as a percentage of GDP, it is about in the right place."