U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued the following statement regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran announced today: “Now that a deal has been struck, the onus is on President Obama to convince the American people that the contents of this deal are beneficial to... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced the committee will convene on Wednesday, July 15, to consider and vote on S. 1732, the Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. The legislation authorizes the office of the secretary of... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase acreage allocations for SAFE, a continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) initiative, to the maximum extent possible in South Dakota and other states with SAFE allocations at or near 100 percent enrolled. Boosting SAFE acres will help... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), co-chairs of the Senate Finance Committee’s Business Income Tax Working Group, today submitted the working group’s report to the full committee. The report, developed with the input of the fourteen members of the working group, represents the culmination of a months-long... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is currently seeking intelligent, hard-working college students to serve as fall interns in his Senate offices located in Aberdeen, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and Washington, D.C. Interns in Thune’s state offices will participate in constituent service and state outreach activities, while students in the Washington,... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today expressed their frustration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (FS), and Office of General Counsel’s (OGC) refusal to determine that FS employees were negligent when they started a prescribed... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) applauded the passage of his bill, S. 1298, the Ports Performance Act, by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Thune’s bill is intended to provide currently non-existent key metrics on port operations to help provide earlier warning of disruptions to... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.— At a press conference yesterday, U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) highlighted the legislative achievements of the Republican-led Senate during the first half of 2015 and stressed the need for progress to continue. Click here to watch Thune’s full statement. Excerpts: “When Republicans took control of the Senate, we... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision on King v. Burwell: “Obamacare continues to be a disaster for many American families and businesses. Under this law, Americans will continue to pay higher premiums, face an avalanche of regulations, and cope with... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) applauded the Senate Finance Committee’s passage of their legislation (S. 1461) that would extend through calendar year 2015 a prohibition on the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing direct supervision policy for outpatient... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the lead sponsor of S. 808, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) Reauthorization Act of 2015, issued the following statement on the bill’s approval by the U.S. Senate last night by unanimous consent: “Nearly 20 years ago, Congress established the Surface Transportation Board to oversee our nation’s freight railroad system. Passage... Continue Reading
