John Thune actually said...

"I hope that we can come to find some common ground and move forward with legislation that will really address the nation's infrastructure needs."

"I wrote a book about state sovereignty. I'm very much a big supporter of federalism."

"Permitting and regulations, I will suggest to you, affect the bottom line even more than taxes do."

"I have to give credit to my fellow senator, Barbara Boxer. You know, she's liberal and I'm conservative. We all agreed on this and agreed to make changes."