John Thune

"I think he's considered to be a very qualified professional with a great skill set for managing a complex problem set."

"My assumption is, at least, that if we can get the nomination of the paperwork here, we can move fairly quickly."

"I just don’t know enough about it."

"What I would say is that the bill is a bill that's been worked on for a long time. It's an affordability issue, and eventually I hope he'll find his way to sign it."

"We had a lengthy and substantive conversation that covered a variety of topics including national security."

"I think that there will be, hopefully, a cessation of this in the not-too-distant future, at which time my assumption is that that’ll stabilize a bit."

"unrealistic"

"We can get at least a lot of the government opened up again and then we’ll go from there."

"A lot of the reforms are contingent on funding for ICE."

"Trump should never have had to step in to rescue TSA workers and US air travel."

"Trump should never have had to step in to rescue TSA workers and US air travel."

"Well, obviously it takes the immediate pressure off, but you know, it’s a short-term solution."