John Thune

“With me, it’s more on an as-needed basis,”

“against FISA if it doesn’t come with The Save America Act (Full version!) firmly attached to it.”

“got a passion for it, which I understand,”

“the danger in a recon 3.0 is that it implicates more committees of jurisdiction”

“But we have a different process for how to get there — in the Senate, at least.”

“In many cases, the incentives are aligned. We’re headed toward the same objective, same goal,”

“A lot of it is just spending time together, and part of it is trust,”

“I think it’s going to come from rank and file Democrats.”

“trying to get votes for the defense appropriations bill. I thought the Dems actually might break and vote to get on it. And Schumer was having meetings in his office where he was pounding people to say no.”

“You're going to be talking about all the individual components of this that are incredibly popular — and they are,”

“Absent deadlines, things drag,”

“Our number and the House number will be very close,”

“Congress doesn't do comprehensive well,”

“the early arguments that people are hearing,”

“You can find yourself sometimes trying to achieve other people’s expectations and make people happy all the time. And sometimes you can’t,”

“sees what he wants to do and tries to work around that,”

“My understanding of the relationship is built around a foundation of: ‘I’m going to tell you what I think.’”

“because I tend to understate things.”

“It’s going really well … I get texts from him. I talk with him fairly regularly on the phone,”

“And he also consistently said to me, ‘I’m fine with that.’”

“I think he will be somebody who can help the administration, as they work through these issues, figure out what's realistic, what's achievable, what we can accomplish here in the Senate, because he's been here,”

“He knows it's challenging in the Senate.”

“We want to get to the same destination, but I think at times, there will be differences in how we get there,”

“understanding the unique aspects of how the Senate operates is something that I'm going to have to be able to share and convey to the President and help him understand.”

“Thune said Friday as the new Congress convened.”

“I want to do hard things, but only if you guys agree or the majority of the conference agrees. And only if we can persuade the Republican president to work with us,”

“The Senate Republican majority will work with President Trump to ensure the Senate calendar allows us to confirm his nominees and pass our shared agenda as quickly and as efficiently as possible.”

“As Congress returns to Washington, we must prepare the Senate to advance [Trump’s] agenda legislatively and ensure that the president-elect can hit the ground running with his appointees confirmed as soon as possible,”

“Senate Republicans are excited and ready to get to work”

“Although Cornyn told me yesterday ... people are saying they’re a mirror image of each other. To which I say, I think John Thune would take offense to that,”

“I’ve seen the way he led when McConnell went down, when he wasn’t able to be there. And I really enjoyed his leadership style.”

“I am extremely honored to have earned the support of my colleagues to lead the Senate in the 119th Congress, and I am beyond proud of the work we have done to secure our majority and the White House,”