John Thune: “After 40 days of uncertainty, I am profoundly glad to be able to announce nutrition programs, our veterans, and other…”

I remain committed to getting the farm bill and E15 to the president’s desk to secure these critical wins for South Dakota’s farmers and ranchers.

We’ve got to get a bill, if we want to pass a farm bill, that’s something that can pass the House and be signed into law by the president.

If you look at Maine, in North Carolina, in Ohio, in Iowa, in Alaska, you know, it's the Indy voters, it is the middle of the electorate, and we are not talking to them when we are arguing with each other over whether or not to eliminate…

try as we did on the House-passed version of it, we weren’t going to get there, and it was the small refineries issue.