John Thune: “The pain this shutdown has caused is only getting worse”

I’m hoping the White House will become engaged. Texas is an incredibly expensive state and obviously one that we need, that we’ve got to hold if we’re going to keep the United States Senate.

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.

If you want to have a Republican Senate majority after the election — is not to have us turning fire on each other, but drawing contrasts with Democrats.

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.