U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) joins FOX News' "America's Newsroom" with host Bill Hemmer to discuss the looming defense sequestration cuts and efforts to prevent the gutting of the U.S.'s military. Thune says Congress is in this situation in the first place because the Senate Democrats have failed to pass a budget for over three years.

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the need for comprehensive tax reform.

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, joins FOX News' "On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" to discuss the Department of Labor's (DOL) war against the heartland. The DOL is proposing 85 pages of regulations that would severely limit activiites youth can participate in on family farms. Thune has a bill to prevent the regulations from being implemented and the bill has 45 cosponsors, including 5 Democrats.

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, speaks on the Senate floor about the job-crushing NLRB "Ambush Election" rule.