I am committed to making sure that these important independent agencies--which are charged with the responsibility of protecting the American public--can operate at full capacity, with Senate-confirmed commissioners installed expeditiously.
Thune emphasizes the need for fully staffed independent agencies.
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The only way you can obviously get this done is to nuke the legislative filibuster, and that is not something that we have anywhere close to the votes to do.
I’ve indicated to him in most cases — not all — that what he wants done, we just don’t have the votes for, and there’s nothing I can do to change that.
Some of the things that have happened the last few weeks have completely thrown a wrench into our ability to execute.
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