John Thune: “Failure is not an option. We will get this done one way or the other, and it’s not going to be easy.”

The election ought to be painting a contrast between us and the Democrats and not creating conflicts with fellow Republicans.

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

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.