WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined America's Newsroom on Fox News and The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio.

On the SAVE America Act:

"We're going to roll through the weekend on [the SAVE America Act] into next week, and every day that we're debating it on the floor is another day that Democrats have to try and defend an indefensible position ... I ... think that this ... puts a spotlight on the Democrats' opposition to something that 80 percent of the American people and a huge majority of Democrats even support."

On voter ID:

"This is such a commonsense issue for the American people. I mean you literally ... have to show a photo ID to...