John Thune actually said...

"When businesses are restrained by regulatory overreach, they cannot expand, jobs are put at risk and innovation is stifled."

"I would say no."

"The President rejected it then because, as he said, our economy could not handle the burden of its substantial price tag."

"The cost of a lower smog standard has hardly lessened and the hit this could have on manufacturing and other economic sectors nationwide would be unprecedented."