WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), today reintroduced the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act. This bipartisan legislation would encourage physical activity and incentivize healthier living by allowing Americans to use a portion of the... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today applauded the Senate Finance Committee’s passage of the Modernizing and Ensuring Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) Accountability Act, legislation that seeks to increase transparency of the prescription drug supply chain, hold PBMs accountable, and improve patient access... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act, his bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would reduce the financial burden associated with various fitness-related purchases and activities. Specifically, the bill would allow individuals and families to use a portion of... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today reintroduced the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke about his new bill that would protect infants who are born alive during abortions. Thune noted that the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act is a basic standard of decency that should have overwhelming bipartisan support. Thune’s... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation that protects infants who survive an attempted abortion to ensure they receive the same care as any other newborn. The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the Born-Alive... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the Biden administration’s reckless decision to end Title 42 border restrictions without a coherent plan in place to ensure a secure, orderly, and humane process at the border. Thune noted that once Title 42 is officially lifted, the flood of illegal immigration... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, this week pressed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on the department’s one-size-fits-all federal mask mandates on Head Start programs. This HHS interim final rule (IFR) requires all staff and volunteers... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today led several of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution that, if enacted, would allow Congress to nullify a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule (IFR) that requires all staff and volunteers in Head Start educational facilities around the country... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over health care policy, today introduced the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) School Behavioral Health Incentive Act. This bipartisan legislation would encourage states to develop health services initiatives that address behavioral health needs in... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) today introduced the Help Expand Liability Protections (HELP) for Volunteers Act. This bipartisan legislation would permanently extend the Public Health Service Act’s health care professional liability coverage to health professional volunteers at Community Health Centers (CHCs). “Community Health Centers provide crucial... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) today introduced the Preventing Mandates on Toddlers Act. This bicameral legislation would nullify an interim final rule (IFR) that was published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that requires universal masking for all individuals in a Head Start... Continue Reading
