U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the rights of unborn children and two commonsense measures being considered in the Senate that will help to defend those rights. Thune reflected on the Democrats’ extreme support of late-term abortions as well as their refusal to support basic protections for babies who... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today urged Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to visit with veterans who would be personally affected by the VA’s Black Hills planned realignment during his upcoming visit to the Hot Springs VA medical center.... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency’s (FSA’s) announcement that the Thune-authored Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP) pilot will soon be available to producers in South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the war powers resolution that is being considered by the Senate and the president’s decision to authorize a military strike that took out Iranian General Qasem Soleimani earlier this year. Thune applauded the decision to take action on Soleimani, the chief architect of... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed last Tuesday’s State of the Union address and the economic progress we’ve made. Thanks to Republican policies like the historic tax cuts that became law in late 2017, America’s economy is thriving. For the past 12 months, the unemployment rate has been below... 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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced his C-band proposal for 5G... Continue Reading
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
