John Thune

We need Democrats over here.

I think it's going to be really important that we figure out a path forward to get a bipartisan agreement to fund the government that will keep government open and ensure that government employees are getting paid.

I hope that's not necessary. We've had conversations, productive conversations, on both sides of the aisle on a funding resolution that would carry us past the November election.

That is something that I intend to bring to the floor for a vote before the August break.

She obviously carries on Lindsey's legacy. But I think she's a very accomplished person in her own right.

Again, the question is $60 billion worth the risk of putting something like that on the floor, and all the other harm that could potentially come from that.

I'm from a northern clime.

Our colleagues on the Armed Services Committee have put forward a strong bill — a strong bill for our national security and for the men and women who defend our nation.

I certainly hope that Democrats won't now put politics ahead of support for our men and women in uniform.

And sometimes the alternative universe that is X doesn’t reflect the facts on the ground.

We’re working with the stakeholder community and our members on both sides to figure out if that’s something we can execute on and get done," Thune said.

It’s just not realistic.

At the end of the day, I have a different reality. And sometimes the alternative universe that is X doesn’t reflect the facts on the ground.

I look forward to getting this bill through Congress in short order, sending it to the president's desk and delivering another major win for the American people.

It’s fair to say that there is a consensus view around here that it is time for the ODNI to be scaled down.

The deal seems good for Americans in that it will open up the Strait of Hormuz and result in economic benefits.

I don’t think there ought to be any financial incentives or any financial relief given to Iran absent their commitment to end their nuclear program.

President Trump nominated Jay Clayton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be the Director of National Intelligence.

I’m hoping that when we get the information, more information about the memorandum of understanding, we’ll have a better sense about what the path forward is.

The only way you can obviously get this done is to nuke the legislative filibuster, and that is not something that we have anywhere close to the votes to do.

We only got 48 votes; we had that vote last week on all five components.

We’ve had the vote on the full version twice now so the full version is five components.

There’s a bunch of things in here that I think we’re going to have questions about.

I know he said that, but he’s said that about a lot of other things.

I think at the end of the day the goal here is to make sure that Iran ends its nuclear program and whatever financial incentives they have should be conditioned upon that.