Recent Press Releases

Date Title
5/30/14 Thune on Shinseki Resignation: Necessary First Step, But Crisis Doesn't End There
5/28/14 Following Phoenix VA IG Report, Thune Again Calls for Nationwide Investigation
5/25/14 Thune Discusses VA Crisis on “Face the Nation”
5/22/14 Thune Comments on IRS Decision to Revise Proposed 501(c)4 Rules
5/22/14 Thune Calls for Extended Comment Period for Costly Regulations on Energy Production
5/22/14 Senate Passes Thune, Klobuchar Bill to Better Address Future Propane and Heating Fuel Shortages
5/22/14 GOP Senators Welcome Administration’s Major Reversal on Electronic Health Records Deadlines
5/21/14 Thune Calls on Shinseki to Release Details of South Dakota VA Wait Times
5/21/14 Thune: Tough Words Aren’t Enough
5/21/14 Following Pressure From Thune, CMS Backs Off Unrealistic Electronic Health Record Requirements
5/20/14 Thune, Casey, Hoeven Call on Administration to Halt Expansion of Program Prior to HHS IG Review
5/20/14 Thune Applauds USDA Landscape Designation in Black Hills National Forest
5/14/14 Thune Grills HHS Nominee Over Selective Enforcement of ObamaCare
5/13/14 Thune Blasts Administration Plans to Press Forward with Hot Springs VA Closure Amid Recent VA Scandals
5/13/14 Thune Offers Amendments to Provide ObamaCare Relief to Long-term Unemployed, Stop Collection of Individual Mandate Tax
5/13/14 Thune Applauds Prohibition on Corps’s Missouri River Surplus Water Fee
5/13/14 Senate Republican Leaders to FCC: Leave Internet Open and Free
5/12/14 Thune Calls for Independent Nationwide VA Investigation
5/8/14 Thune Challenges Costly Expansion of EPA Authority
5/6/14 Thune Introduces Amendment to Block Most Costly EPA Regulation in History
5/6/14 Thune/Klobuchar Lead Letter to FCC on Rural Broadband
5/6/14 Thune Demands Answers on IRS Bonuses
5/1/14 Thune Welcomed South Dakota Business Owner to Senate Ag Subcommittee Hearing
5/1/14 Senators Roberts, Enzi, & Thune Introduce Bill to Block Bonuses to IRS Employees Who Break Tax Law or Have Tax Debt
4/29/14 Thune Encourages South Dakotans to Attend STB Rail Service Meetings