John Thune: “I have a suggestion to all my friends on the other side of the aisle who think that we are not spending enough time here…”

“I have a suggestion to all my friends on the other side of the aisle who think that we are not spending enough time here in Washington. Do what some of the rest of us do. Go home and do some real work. Find out what is going on in your local communities and your schools. Go home and work on a Habitat for Humanity house or something like that. I know our liberal friends think it is important that we spend more time in Washington. We do not define good government by how much time we spend here creating new bureaucracies, hiring new bureaucrats, raising taxes, or how many bills we pass. We define good government by how much power we give back to communities and to people in this country, hardworking Americans. We are doing what we can to free up Americans to make a difference in their communities. That is where the real work is getting done. I invite my liberal colleagues to go home and check it out.”