John Thune: “I hope this will encourage my colleagues to stop blocking reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.”

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

It's an economic frustration.

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

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.