John Thune: “The FCC's failure to ensure sufficient and predictable funding jeopardizes the vitality of America's rural communities.”

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.

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.

Both pieces of legislation strike at the very heart of issues that the American people care deeply about, passionately about, and we'll see if the Democrats are willing to take yes for an answer.

There’s voter fatigue with high gas prices, and high diesel prices in my part of the world.