John Thune

Everybody has to say yes or no.

We have a lot of independent-thinking senators.

We will remain here until this reconciliation bill is passed

Hopefully when push comes to shove and everybody has to say yes or no, we’ll get the number of votes we need.

They know the nuclear program had been setback considerably.

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We’ve got to deliver.

I’m fully confident we’re going to be ready to roll, and we have to be.

I believe it was achievable,” he said, reminding the audience that there is a more complicated process in the Senate.

We are,” Thune responded when asked if they were still on track to make this a reality.

The goal is to get the bill across the finish line by the end of the week.

As we take action tonight to ensure a nuclear weapon remains out of reach for Iran, I stand with President Trump and pray for the American troops and personnel in harm’s way.

The regime in Iran, which has committed itself to bringing ‘death to America’ and wiping Israel off the map, has rejected all diplomatic pathways to peace.

If this thing were to extend for some period of time, there could be a more fulsome discussion about what the role of Congress should be.

We need to get it done.

We understand that it's a negotiation.

While the U.S. military is not involved in offensive operations against Iran, U.S. forces on land, at sea, and in the air have helped defend Israel from indiscriminate missile attacks launched by Iran.

There is no Plan B. It’s Plan A. We have to get it done. Failure is not an option.

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

I think anything that can be — that’s waste, fraud and abuse are open to, obviously, discussions.

Everything is challenging, but they’re all speed bumps.

It’ll have to track very closely to the House bill, because they’ve got a fragile majority and struck a very delicate balance.

There are a lot of moving parts.

I think we’re on track. I hope, at least, to be able to produce something that we can pass through the Senate.