{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=C5D4C4B1-6642-4F58-A34F-DB05BED56C75", "Thune: Republicans Want to Reopen the Government, Get Back to Work for the American People", "2025-10-21", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "SD", "John Thune", "T000250", "www.thune.senate.gov", "thune", "https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "Clickhereto watch the video.\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at the White House with President Trump:\n\nThune\u2019s remarks below (as delivered):\n\n\u201cThank you, sir.\n\n\u201cWell, Mr. President, thank you for having us.\n\n\u201cThis is the fourth week of the Democrat shutdown, but we are all here today because your Republican team in the Senate is unified.\n\n\u201cThis is now the longest full shutdown in history.\n\n\u201cBut everybody here has voted now 11 different times to open up the government.\n\n\u201cAnd we are going to keep voting to open up the government.\n\n\u201cAnd eventually, the Democrats \u2013 hopefully, sooner or later \u2013 are going to come around.\n\n\u201cBut Mr. President, your agenda is the right one for this country.\n\n\u201cThis is your team.\n\n\u201cWe are your partners in achieving and implementing the agenda that you campaigned on and the American people voted for.\n\n\u201cAnd you just mentioned, it has been a series of promises made and promises kept.\n\n\u201cWhether it\u2019s national security, whether it\u2019s the border, whether it\u2019s the economy, taxes, regulations, energy, Trump newborn accounts, school choice.\n\n\u201cYou look at what we\u2019ve accomplished so far, it is a remarkable, remarkable team and a record of accomplishment that can\u2019t be matched \u2013 and I would argue, at least in my time here, but perhaps in all of history.\n\n\u201cSo thank you for your leadership, and we will continue to be good partners and work with you to get the work done for the American people.\n\n\u201cAnd let\u2019s hope that the Democrats get wise, and starting perhaps even today, vote to reopen the government so we can get back to work for the American people.\n\n\u201cMr. President, thank you for having us at your home. You have beautiful homes.\n\n\u201cAnd thank you for everything you\u2019re doing to make this such a beautiful place.\n\n\u201cThis is America\u2019s house. We\u2019re delighted to be here. Thank you.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=C5D4C4B1-6642-4F58-A34F-DB05BED56C75"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5338161028921604, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}