Mike Rounds: “I don't think Congress would have passed the 1944 Flood Control Act by giving the Federal Government total control.”

We do not have a line-item veto available to the president, [and] this is almost the same thing.

What we can and should do right now is explore suspending the federal gas tax through the end of the year to give Americans immediate relief.

We have to stay focused on the fact that we know that gas prices are too high, and diesel is way too high.

Plan on getting it done a little ahead of time.