Following Senate Republicans' weekly caucus lunch meeting, Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) spoke with reporters about appropriation bills and answered questions on the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which compels the Justice Department to release all documents related to the FBI's investigation of convicted financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Other topics included a provision that would allow senators to sue the Justice Department for surveillance, state-level artificial intelligence regulation, and Russian sanctions.