The closest I’ve come to being on a reality TV show is C-SPAN’s live coverage of the Senate floor. John Thune Read Quote
I valued the biblical foundation I got at Biola. I was able to take classes that strengthened my faith and helped me to better understand what I believe and how to, in a practical way, apply my faith in real-world situations. John Thune Read Quote
We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of World War II. John Thune Read Quote
There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. John Thune Read Quote
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they’re not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt. John Thune Read Quote
But what shouldn’t happen is, you shouldn’t have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not. John Thune Read Quote
Absolutely. I think that this is – politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have to be prepared to get in there and mix it up. John Thune Read Quote
I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that’s an issue that’s going to require I think some strong bipartisan cooperation and leadership. John Thune Read Quote
Let’s not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution. John Thune Read Quote