John Thune: “The idea behind the update was to reduce trade barriers and allow more low-value items to be imported into the country…”

I’m a realist. I don’t ever try and sugarcoat things. I think it’s a competitive environment right now.

There's still a lot of stuff that's piled up, trying to get through.

There’s some states that are going to be on the hook for a pretty big payment.

There's been enough uncertainty this last year, and, you know, unfortunately, I think through two government shutdowns that extended for a long period of time, it's better for everybody if there's predictability, certainty.