U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation that would improve the integrity of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. The bill would also reduce the issuance of fraudulent claims by requiring beneficiaries of the program to provide documentation proving... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune, (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, will convene a hearing titled, “The PACT Act and Section 230: The Impact of the Law that Helped Create the Internet and an Examination of Proposed Reforms for Today’s Online World,” at 10:00 a.m. EDT/ 9:00 a.m. CDT on... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, will convene a hearing titled, “The State of U.S. Spectrum Policy,” at 10:00 a.m. EDT / 9:00 a.m. CDT on Thursday, July 23, 2020. The hearing will examine the Federal Communications Commission’s and National Telecommunications and Information... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), authors of the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, today issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) “report and order” to establish safe harbors from liability for voice service providers that block unwanted robocalls. It... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced legislation that would provide certainty to hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “The 340B program has been critical to... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which has jurisdiction over technology and consumer protection, today introduced the E-SIGN Modernization Act, legislation that would streamline how consumers consent to receiving electronic documents like bank statements,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today, prior to Senate Democrats voting to block debate from even commencing, discussed the American people’s desire to have a policing reform debate in this country. Thune also discussed Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere (JUSTICE) Act, an extensive... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, today joined Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), ranking member of the subcommittee, in introducing the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act, new bipartisan legislation to update Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today introduced the Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act, legislation that would allow school districts participating in the Impact Aid Program to use their student headcount from the 2020-2021 school year, which have already been calculated, on their Impact Aid applications for... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced the Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act (S. 3995), bipartisan legislation that would ensure that medical professionals from around the country who supported areas... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today introduced the Rural Connectivity Advancement Program (RCAP) Act of 2020, legislation that would capture a portion of the proceeds from spectrum auctions conducted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through September 30, 2022,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Fox Business’ “CAVUTO Live” to discuss the Republican-led JUSTICE Act, sponsored by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), aimed at improving policing in America. Thune also discussed legislation he’ll be introducing to help relieve remote and mobile workers of unfair tax burdens – an issue highlighted by the experiences... Continue Reading
