U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday spoke at the Senate Republican leadership press conference and introduced the incoming Senate Republican leadership team for the 119th Congress.
Thune’s remarks:
“Good afternoon, and thank you all for being here. It’s a new day in the United States Senate, and it’s a new day in America.
“The American people have loudly rejected the failed policies of the Biden-Harris-Schumer agenda, and this Republican team is united. We are on one team. We are excited to reclaim the majority and to get to work with our colleagues in the House to enact President Trump’s agenda.
“We have a mandate from the American people, a mandate not only to clean up the mess left by the Biden-Harris-Schumer agenda, but also to deliver on President Trump’s priorities.
“We will make sure that the president and his team have the tools and support that they need to enforce border security laws and to remove the violent criminals who are wreaking havoc in every one of our states.
“We will work to make America prosperous again by streamlining the bureaucratic machine and overturning costly Biden-Harris regulations.
“And we will work to restore American energy dominance – not just our energy security, but energy dominance – which will lower costs and bolster our national security.
“I’m excited to get to work with this team right away, and I want to thank my colleagues who placed their faith in me to serve as leader – and to those who were supporting another candidate, I promise to be a leader who serves the entire Republican conference.
“We will have an ambitious agenda, and it will take each and every Republican working together to be successful.”
