U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today unveiled a new interactive map on his website displaying dozens of old maps and photos from towns and cities across the state in honor of South Dakota’s 125th anniversary of statehood. The interactive map uses images digitally archived at the Library of Congress... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today introduced a bill to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing what is expected to be its most costly regulation in the EPA’s history, setting the ground-level ozone standard at an unprecedented low level. Thune’s bill, The Clean Air, Strong Economies (CASE)... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today praised the committee’s bipartisan passage of his Surface Transportation Board (STB) reform bill, which he introduced along with Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia). Thune and Rockefeller’s bill, the STB Reauthorization Act... Continue Reading
Senators John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) and John Thune (R-SD), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today issued the following statement following the Committee passage of the Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act (STAVRA): “We are pleased that the committee today advanced... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Mike Johanns (R-Nebraska) and John Thune (R-South Dakota) today introduced legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from garnishing Americans’ wages without a court order. Johanns said, “Federal overreach has been a theme of this Administration and keeping agencies accountable is a constant, ongoing process. With the... Continue Reading
Following last week’s rail service hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, reiterated the committee’s plan to formally pass his legislation to reform the Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Thune’s... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today issued the following statement on the 13th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: “While it’s been 13 years since the deadly terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Flight 93, the memories of 9/11 remain strong today. Attacks... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led a group of 14 Republican senators in sending a letter to State Department Secretary John Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson requesting more information and calling on the administration... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota), and Representative Kristi Noem (R-South Dakota) today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Fugate calling on the agency to develop a new flood map for Sioux Falls as soon as possible. Over the past several... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) along with Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) today introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish a Medicare Advantage (MA) demonstration program to evaluate how value-based insurance design (V-BID) could reduce MA enrollees’ copayments and coinsurance for some beneficiaries with specific chronic conditions for certain high-value medications... Continue Reading
Today at a hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Commerce Committee and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, reiterated the ongoing concerns of South Dakota shippers due to continued rail service issues throughout the state and... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered the following prepared remarks at today’s “Freight Rail Service: Improving the Performance of America’s Rail System” hearing: I appreciate the chairman agreeing to hold this hearing to elevate the profile of various... Continue Reading
