Transportation & Infrastructure
South Dakota’s wide-open spaces mean the nearest hospital or airport can be many miles away. Federal funding is essential for ensuring that South Dakota’s highways and bridges are properly maintained. I support common-sense infrastructure investments and long-term federal policy, which provides stability and helps keep roads safe for South Dakotans. This investment also ensures efficient movement of goods, and the people who produce them, that are vital to a host of South Dakota industries, including agriculture and tourism. Since being elected to Congress, I have been a strong advocate for infrastructure funding to ensure South Dakota’s transportation needs are met.
Essential Air Service
The Essential Air Service program is especially important in rural states like South Dakota. Ensuring access in and out of these smaller communities makes our local economies stronger, provides consumers with greater choices, and makes the entire commercial airline network more valuable. I have been working to maintain the Essential Air Service for years and have strongly discouraged any moves by the U.S. Department of Transportation that threatens reliable air travel for our smaller airports like Pierre and Watertown.
Recent Actions:
June 2012
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6/6/12 | European airline tax affront to American sovereignty |
May 2012
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5/9/12 | Thune on his Bipartisan Bill to Stop EU Airline Tax |
March 2012
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3/23/12 | On Keystone, President Tries to Have His Cake and Eat it Too |
3/2/12 | Pain at the Pump |
February 2012
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2/6/12 | Thune Applauds Passage of Long-Term FAA Bill |
December 2011
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12/9/11 | Stopping European Effort to Tax Americans |
February 2011
January 2011
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1/28/11 | Committee Assignments Good News for South Dakota |
1/27/11 | Thune Announces Committee Assignments for 112th Congress |