John Thune

This is about border funding. It’s about law enforcement, it’s about ICE and CBP. So I’m trying to, you know, keep it about the main thing.

I feel optimistic that we’ll get there in the end

We are here today only because Democrats refuse to appropriate a single dollar for our border and immigration law enforcement.

This would have been done several hours ago if we weren't having to deal with some of the issues around the fund.

Timing is everything.

Hopefully, all of our members who have amendment ideas will, as they think through that, and they have the opportunities to have conversations… about their ideas, keep in mind we need to keep the bill together and make sure we’ve got 50…

I'm not guaranteeing that happens yet. We're still continuing to have conversations with our members.

We don’t need a weaponized DNI. We need professionals there.

Well, I think anything that they say on top of what the DOJ said is helpful, but, I mean, I think the statement they made effectively shuts it down.

We rely on the president, as does the House of Representatives, to help make sure that he's doing everything he can to help us move our agenda forward.

Well, we don’t need a weaponized DNI. We need professionals there.

I do think that the best way to handle it is if the administration decides to shut it down themselves.

I made my views very clear on the issue.

I do think the best way to handle it is if the administration decides to shut it down themselves.

From day one, Senate Republicans have committed our majority to providing Americans with safer streets, more money in their pockets, and new opportunities to get ahead.

We do have a Highway Trust Fund and it does perform an important service in making sure that we’ve got highways and roadways across our country that are serviceable.

We need to ensure that we succeed [in Iran].

Obviously, we are making the pivot.

We've gotta do everything we can do as a party, to make sure that we win this race.

The voters, Republican voters in Texas spoke last night.

There are legitimate concerns about these drugs putting women and girls at significant risk.

Senator Cornyn is a principled conservative. He is a very effective senator for the state of Texas.

Today I recognize Elijah Suwyn, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all the hard work he has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several weeks. Elijah is a recent graduate of Biola University in La…

Without congressional action, Americans were facing a massive $4 trillion tax hike next year.

After 40 days of uncertainty, I am profoundly glad to be able to announce nutrition programs, our veterans, and other critical priorities will have their full-year funding.