John Thune actually said...

I would ask any who want to keep the government shut, tell us what parts of the government you want to keep shut.

Thune challenges those supporting the shutdown to specify which government functions are non-essential.

10/10/2013

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We've done, I think, a good job of that.

I was alarmed by the treatment that a number of veterans from South Dakota received when they traveled to our Nation's capital.

I think perhaps one of the biggest issues and challenges we have to deal with is just public complacency.

I would appreciate any steps you can take to make sure that that situation doesn't happen again.