John Thune: “That is commonsense legislation, and that is probably the problem with it in this city. But in any case I hope that…”

I mean, I think that Ron's gonna work on it over the break, and his team, and we'll see what they come up with.

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.

It seems to me sometimes I’m the only one who can count to 50 in this town.

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