Following pressure on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the delegation at a January 27, 2015, meeting, U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) received a timeline for the release of the updated Sioux Falls flood map. According to the February 5,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), members of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, today introduced the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act, legislation that would simplify and standardize state income tax collection for employees who travel outside of their home state for temporary work assignments. The... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today at a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee questioned U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew about the Obama administration’s proposal to institute a second death tax on South Dakota family farms and businesses. Thune offered an example of how the administration’s capital gains... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today questioned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell at a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee about the need for modernization and improved coordination with Indian Health Services (IHS). Thune was allocated approximately five minutes to ask questions and used his time to... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement on the Senate’s passage of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act: “While we’ve made strides in recognizing the needs of America’s veterans, it’s an outrage our heroes still don’t have all of the mental health resources they need... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, made the following comment on the president’s fiscal year 2016 budget proposal: “While the president continues to cling to the same old failed top-down economic policies of spending increases and tax hikes, Republicans are focused on the future.... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement on the Senate’s bipartisan passage of a bill that would approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline: “Keystone XL would support thousands of jobs and invest billions of dollars in the economy at no expense to taxpayers. This is the kind of... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today announced his subcommittee assignments on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee for the 114th session of Congress (2015-2016). Thune will serve on the Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade; the Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy; and the Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today held his second hearing as chairman entitled, “Freight Rail Transportation: Enhancing Safety, Efficiency, and Commerce.” The hearing focused on challenges facing our nation’s freight rail network created by higher demand, pending and proposed rules... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today met with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta to reiterate the importance of finalizing the Powder River Training Complex (PRTC) expansion. “We had a productive meeting today and... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today met for their first delegation meeting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Associate Administrator for Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA), David Miller, and FIMA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Roy Wright, calling on... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD) today led a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers urging the Administration to provide crucial funding for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System (LCRWS). Congress recently approved an additional $31 million for work on authorized Bureau of Reclamation water projects. In... Continue Reading
