U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which has legislative jurisdiction over the National Weather Service (NWS), issued the following statement on the announcement that President Donald Trump has signed into law H.R. 353, the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — On Monday, April 17, U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) will present Derek Miles, an associate track and field coach at the University of South Dakota (USD), with an Olympic bronze medal for his third-place finish in the men’s pole vault competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today unveiled multiple proposals that would add flexibility to Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) management and create new management options for other easement programs. In March, Thune announced that he would introduce multiple and incremental... Continue Reading
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) released the following statement after the Republican-led Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to serve as associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court: “Today the Senate voted to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch, preserving the nearly 230-year tradition of approving Supreme Court nominees by a simple majority vote. While... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act (S. 808), a bill that would clarify that health care services provided by a covered sports medicine professional to an athlete, athletic team, or staff member of an athlete or athletic team in... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) yesterday reintroduced the bipartisan Employer Participation in Refinancing Act to help individuals pay down student loan debt. The legislation, which is cosponsored by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), would provide a new tool to assist employers in recruiting and retaining quality employees by allowing them to... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) yesterday joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2017, legislation that would make substantive reforms aimed at helping seasonal employers better navigate the H-2B temporary non-agricultural visa program. The H-2B program... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Nutrition, of which Thune is a member, approved former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s nomination to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Perdue’s nomination now heads to the full Senate. “Gov. Perdue... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation, joined Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in reintroducing S. 763, the Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act. The legislation, which is substantially similar to the bill introduced late last... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced Lake Area Technical Institute President Michael Cartney at a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled, “Closing the Skills Gap and Boosting U.S. Competitiveness.” Cartney, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, testified in front of the committee on the skills and... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today joined Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), James Risch (R-Idaho), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) in introducing the Making Available Information Now to Strengthen Trust and Resilience and Enhance Enterprise Technology (MAIN STREET) Cybersecurity... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, applauded the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for passing the Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Act (S. 304), legislation they reintroduced in February that would improve tribal veterans’ access to health care. The... Continue Reading
