U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement on the agreement to end a West Coast ports labor dispute that has unnecessarily disrupted commerce to the detriment of U.S. businesses and consumers. “Despite the unnecessary impacts of this prolonged labor... Continue Reading
Following a new report from the Obama administration’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which advises the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the suggested 2015 dietary guidelines, U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) expressed... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is currently seeking intelligent, hard-working college students to serve as summer interns in his office in Washington, D.C., as well as in his offices in Aberdeen, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls. Interns in Thune’s state offices will participate in constituent service and state outreach activities,... Continue Reading
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.), Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Chairman Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Chairman... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following comment after a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction against the president’s immigration executive overreach: “The U.S. District Court judge in Texas is raising the same legal concerns the president himself raised 22 times:... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, today reintroduced legislation that would reduce current trade barriers and allow for more low-value items to be imported into the United States duty-free with fewer unnecessary administrative requirements. Thune and Wyden’s bill, the... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced legislation to help America’s students by exempting schools, colleges, and universities from the ObamaCare employer mandate, which is already cutting education jobs and driving up tuition costs across the country. “School budgets should enhance students’ educations—not pay for the president’s health care law,”... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, today ushered three provisions through the committee, including his bipartisan bill to stimulate new agricultural research by leveraging private dollars to create charitable partnerships between universities and private entities. Thune’s bill, which he introduced last Congress with Sen.... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement on the House’s bipartisan passage of the Senate bill to approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline: “For more than six years, President Obama has made one excuse after another for blocking this common-sense jobs and infrastructure project. A bipartisan majority in... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, issued the following statement on the House’s bipartisan passage of the Senate bill to approve the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline. “For more than six years, President Obama has made one excuse after another for blocking this common-sense jobs... Continue Reading
The president’s health care law is increasing costs and uncertainty forcing business to lay off workers and slow job creation, according to U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and John Thune, R-S.D., who introduced legislation to provide small businesses and their workers protection from some... Continue Reading
After a push from lawmakers led by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD), the Administration announced new funding for the Lewis and Clark Water System. The project is set to receive an extra $6.6 million from the Bureau of Reclamation in addition to the $2.4 million... Continue Reading
