Thune on President Trump’s First 100 Days: Promises Made, Promises Kept
“Today marks the 100th day of the Trump presidency, and I think it has been a very historic 100 days.”
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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 marks the 100th day of the Trump presidency, and I think it has been a very historic 100 days.
“And in my view, [it] could be described as promises made and promises kept.
“And if you look right across the board, all the things the president campaigned on, said he was going to do, he is following through on those.
“And chief among those is what’s happening at our southern border.
“The open-borders policy that had been pursued by the Biden administration led to all kinds of chaos at our southern border, lots of dangerous elements coming into the United States, and about – if you can believe this – 12,000 or so people per day coming across our southern border illegally.
“12,000.
“You have a change of administration, President Trump takes office, that number plummets from 12,000 down to 230 a day.
“That’s what we’re looking at right now.
“And if you look at a year ago where we were – January, February, March, April, and those numbers – it’s just as I described it.
“It’s about a 94, 95 percent drop in in one year, thanks to the leadership of President Trump.
“And so as we think about what we need to do to support those efforts, obviously we are involved, as you all know, in a process up here.
“First step was a … budget resolution, which passed the House and Senate before the Easter break, and now we’re in the midst of the reconciliation bill, which is where we make law.
“And we intend, in doing that, to ensure that the president and his team have the resources they need to continue keeping our southern border secure.
“I think the American people made it very clear what they voted for last November, and obviously they are interested in making sure that we have good, strong military security; that we have good, strong border security; and that we have good, strong economic security in this country.
“And those are the things that this Republican Congress, this Republican Senate, are committed to getting done.
“And we’re going to continue in the next 100 days to do what we’ve been doing in the last 100 days – and that is delivering on the commitments and on the agenda that the American people want to see happen, and to work with the president and his team and our colleagues and counterparts in the House of Representatives to see those things be made a reality.”
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