John Thune: “2025 was a historically busy year here in the U.S. Senate: the longest session period in more than 15 years; the…”

“2025 was a historically busy year here in the U.S. Senate: the longest session period in more than 15 years; the greatest number of votes in half a century; many, many, many hours in session, substantially exceeding the average of the past 78 years. What do we have to show for all of that? More than 400 Presidential nominees confirmed, far exceeding the totals of the first year of President Trump's first term and of President Biden's; repeal of a number of burdensome Biden rules and regulations, including multiple rules that would have driven up prices for American families and businesses; legislation to combat the fentanyl epidemic; to keep criminal illegal immigrants off our streets; to create the first U.S. Federal framework for stablecoins and ensure U.S. leadership in financial innovation; and first and foremost, of course, we passed the Working Families Tax Cut and the rest of our landmark legislation. January 1 was this past Thursday. If Democrats had their way, Americans would have been facing a big tax hike at the start of this year. Instead, thanks to the Working Families Tax Cut, Americans will continue to pay the lower tax rates Republicans passed in 2017.”