John Thune: “I think that all of us agree that we want American companies to be competitive.”

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

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

I just think, if you’re looking at issues that we want to get at the heart of what everybody seems to be saying, the Democrats and others are saying, are important, we're concerned about.

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