John Thune: “We’re looking at the future, not the past.”

We’ve got to get a bill, if we want to pass a farm bill, that’s something that can pass the House and be signed into law by the president.

I’m hoping the White House will become engaged. Texas is an incredibly expensive state and obviously one that we need, that we’ve got to hold if we’re going to keep the United States Senate.

Unfortunately, I think after two government shutdowns that have extended for a long period of time, it’s better for everybody if there’s predictability, certainty, and just to take that issue off the table.

I’m a realist. But I feel good about where things stand.