John Thune: “He’s got to take responsibility for, you know: We confirm these people. We go through a lot of work to get them…”

Well, that's nice of him. I guess. I don't know, what do you say on that? That's a decision that's made by my colleagues.

There's still a lot of stuff that's piled up, trying to get through.

I’m a realist. But I feel good about where things stand.

But because Texas is such an expensive state, we’re going to need the president and his team to be engaged there and to be putting resources into that race.