03.25.25

Thune: Senate Republicans Committed to Delivering Positive Results for Hard-Working Families

“[T]hat end goal is coming up with a budget reconciliation bill in the end that extends the existing tax policy, which, if isn’t done, will lead to a $4.5 trillion tax increase at the end of this year; unlocking and restoring America’s energy dominance; rebuilding our military; and making sure that our border is secure.”

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership:

Thune’s remarks below (as delivered):

“Well, good afternoon, everybody.

“Last week’s vote – or, I should say, it’s the week before last week’s vote – not to shut the government down has seemed to create something of a civil war among the Democrats.

“And as they’re sort of hashing that out, figuring out their path forward, we’re going to continue to stay focused on our agenda.

“And this week is getting the president’s people into place, continuing to process nominations so that the president has his team ready to go to work.

“We’ll continue working that.

“We’re going to be working on unwinding a lot of the Biden administration’s burdensome regulations through the Congressional Review Act process.

“And obviously we’re going to stay very focused on budget reconciliation, which is part of the president’s and our agenda as we head forward.

“And we had a good conversation about that at our lunch just now, and we’re going to continue to be talking about this with our members and having the end goal in mind.

“And that end goal is coming up with a budget reconciliation bill in the end that extends the existing tax policy, which, if isn’t done, will lead to a $4.5 trillion tax increase at the end of this year; unlocking and restoring America’s energy dominance; rebuilding our military; and making sure that our border is secure.

“Those are the issues that we believe need to be addressed in the budget reconciliation bill, and that’s consistent with the president’s agenda and with what the American people voted for in November.

“So that’s the work at hand right now, and obviously, as we move forward, we’ll be talking closely, working closely with our counterparts in the House of Representatives and with the president and his team in putting this together.

“But it draws a stark contrast with what the Democrats want to see – and that clearly is a $4.5 trillion tax increase at the end of the year, a lot more government spending, and obviously an open border, which is what we’ve had for the last four years.

“So we think that the work we’re doing is going to draw a clear contrast between us and the Democrats and what the American people, we believe, voted for in November.”

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