WASHINGTON, April 2 -- 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.
On Democrats' preposterous shutdown politics:
"[For] Democrats ... it was all about 'reforms,' restrictions on ICE and on CBP agents and what they could or couldn't do. They got none of that. They got zero of the reforms that they were advocating for. In the end, this was all about their left-wing base demanding that no funding be provided. The good news for us is we saw this coming, and we pre-funded this last summer, so ICE and CBP are funded and will be funded to the end of the fiscal year. And then we'll plus up and add to those accounts to make sure they're funded in ...