John Thune

And it just makes sense.

To me, it's about, you know, if you want your government to run and function effectively and efficiently, and I think most Americans do, they want to see a president get his team in place.

So we've been keeping our heads down and getting that done.

Well, I think like most Americans, I want, you know, I want people to be able to live.

And I think the question, basic question most Americans ask is, you know, am I safe?

Is my family safe?

Is my neighborhood safe?

Is my community safe?

My world safe?

And, you know, these days there was so much, like you said, going on and these attacks that have been in the news lately, it raises a lot of those questions for people in this country.

I do think that the president's clear-eyed focus on making our community safer, his investment in securing the border,

working with us, his investment in America's national security and projecting a policy of peace through strength around the world are all things that contribute to keeping people in this country safe.

But when you see things like what happened in Australia or even things that, you know, some of these horrible incidents here,

in the United States, they're really tragic.

And, you know, there's a lot going on out there right now.

And I think that the best thing we can do is try to put in place the things that our law enforcement needs, that our military needs,

to deter bad behavior.

And then, of course, obviously when it happens, make sure that people are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

And I think the president's focus on law enforcement and on security is very, in a clear-eyed way, focused on that.

But I do think that we want to be good partners in that and contributing where we can, if that's a function of resources, if that's a function of ensuring that they're the right personnel, they got the teams in place in different