U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) today introduced the Network Security Trade Act (S. 3394), legislation to ensure U.S. communications infrastructure security is a clear negotiating objective of our country’s... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today discussed the security measures that need to be taken to ensure that 5G infrastructure is deployed and used in a secure manner. There are inherent risks with any technology, but because 5G will... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement after the Senate overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to help combat the coronavirus by dedicating federal resources to research and development efforts and tools that will help medical professionals across the country treat this disease and address the outbreak. “Like many... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today previewed new legislation to ensure U.S. communications infrastructure security is a clear negotiating objective of our country’s trade policy. During a Commerce Committee hearing on 5G supply chain security, Thune questioned a panel... Continue Reading
Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today renewed his support for bipartisan net neutrality legislation. Thune also discussed Senate Democrats’ false claim, which earned them three Pinocchios from the Washington Post fact checker in 2018, that the internet as... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the American Energy Innovation Act, bipartisan legislation that focuses on enhancing energy storage and investing in a wide range of clean energy technologies. It also focuses on advanced nuclear research that will help the United States regain its edge in the use of... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, this week introduced the Tribal Transportation Equity and Transparency Improvement Act, legislation to increase tribal transportation funding flexibility and improve the transparency and consistency of the Tribal Transportation Program’s administration and... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan group of senators in expressing their concern with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) decision to lift its U.S. ban on Brazilian raw beef imports. The senators... Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, released the following statements after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted favorably to reform the use of C-Band spectrum and promote U.S.... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Telecommunications Skilled Workforce Act, legislation to address the shortage of trained workers that are necessary to fill next-generation jobs... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed new 5G workforce legislation that he will introduce later today with a bipartisan group of his colleagues. The Telecommunications Skilled Workforce Act would help increase the number of workers enrolled in 5G training programs and identify ways to grow the telecommunications workforce to help... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today urged financial regulators from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration to provide appropriate regulatory flexibility to community financial... Continue Reading
