U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), author of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, today urged U.S. Attorney General William Barr to swiftly convene the interagency working group as required by their TRACED Act. The interagency working... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump. “Our Founding Fathers set an extraordinarily high bar for impeachment, and rightfully so. They believed it was an extreme remedy that should only be used in extreme circumstances – circumstances... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement in response to the president’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. “I share the president’s optimism about the opportunities that lie ahead – that America’s brightest days are yet to come,” said Thune. “I look... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), today stated that he will vote to acquit the president in the final days of the impeachment trial. After hearing from the House managers and the president’s defense, Thune concluded that the evidence and testimony delivered by the House do not meet the standard for the... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). “The U.S. economy continues to do well, including the most recent jobs report announcing more than 140,000 new jobs were... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) this week introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) that are used with health savings accounts can cover care related to chronic disease management prior to a beneficiary reaching their plan deductible. The Thune-Carper bill builds off legislation they... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which arrived in the Senate after months of delay by House Democrats. Thune, a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, discussed the importance of this trade deal after the committee approved it by voice vote, bringing... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the rushed impeachment process House Democrats conducted and Speaker Pelosi’s refusal to send the articles of impeachment over to the Senate in a timely manner. The Democrats’ partisan efforts to rush the process in the House shows this is all just a political game... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today discussed his recently enacted TRACED Act, which was signed into law on December 30, 2019. The TRACED Act provides the necessary tools to combat abusive and illegal robocalls that negatively affect... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation to improve child support enforcement for Native American tribes by allowing the 61 tribes that currently operate their own... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over trade policy, today discussed the committee’s recent bipartisan passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which moves the bill one step closer to final approval by the full Senate. Click here to watch Thune’s speech. Thune’s... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and the closure of his ‘reign of terror’ in the Middle East. Thune is hopeful that the United States’ action will deter future attempts by the rogue nation to sow discord in the region. Click here to watch... Continue Reading
