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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):
“Good afternoon.
“Today finds the Democrats in disarray and we’re going to find out here real soon whether that disarray extends to abandoning the defense of Israel and, frankly, the defense of America, when it comes to an unlawful court that the United States and Israel are not members of.
“We know for sure, in the past, that the International Criminal Court has targeted American soldiers, and if we don’t take a stand against that now, they will do it again.
“And so I want to thank Senators Risch and Cotton for their leadership on this issue.
“You’ll hear from them more about that in just a moment.
“The other issue, as we all know, on the floor these days is nominations.
“And, as you all know, the Democrats made a big deal and blocked the nomination of John Ratcliffe to CIA last week.
“Ultimately, he ended up getting 74 votes on the floor.
“And that’s going to be the case – I mean, they can block these votes, but these folks, we’re going to continue to press on and get them confirmed.
“And they can do this the hard way or the easy way.
“If they want to continue to obstruct and delay, we’re going to continue to grind and grind and grind, and we’ll do that through the weekend if necessary.
“So I’m hopeful – particularly on these noms that we know have broad, bipartisan support, that have come out of the committees with big margins – that they allow the president to get his people into place so that he can implement his agenda.
“And we will work with him to make sure that that happens.”