John Thune actually said...

"It would have been a lot easier had prior administrations dealt with it before things got as far out of hand."

"The President's proposal to move forward with hundreds of billions of dollars in additional tariffs threatens to severely damage the ag industry."

"The President feels very committed that we have to put maximum pressure on to have any hope of fixing the problems."

"But the problem we have is, if we are not going to fix the big problem, which is the unfair trade practices, the abuse of intellectual property, now, when are we ever going to fix it?"