U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today introduced several amendments to the bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act (S. 2363) on the Senate floor. Thune’s amendments would improve the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to save farmers and taxpayers money, redirect Forest Service funds to fight pine beetles and wildfires, and encourage elk hunting... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today praised the Senate’s passage of H.R. 291, an identical House version of his bipartisan Black Hills Cemetery Act (S. 447). This legislation would transfer the ownership of nine historic cemeteries in the Black Hills from the U.S. Forest Service to local communities. Because... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today made the following statement on the upcoming July 11th Federal Communication Commission (FCC) vote on reforms proposed by Chairman Wheeler to E-Rate, a program intended to support communications services for schools and... Continue Reading
U.S. Representative Kristi Noem (R-South Dakota) and U.S. Senators Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) and John Thune (R-South Dakota) today sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting he declare a major disaster for Jerauld, Lincoln, and Union counties in South Dakota. The delegation’s letter also requests that the president instruct... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Obama administration’s attempt to restrict Americans’ religious freedom: “Today’s decision is a victory for religious freedom. Religious freedom is one of our most basic principles and the very first right mentioned in the... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today applauded the enactment of his bipartisan legislation, the Reliable Home Heating Act (S. 2086). Thune’s bill, which he introduced earlier this year along with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), will provide governors greater... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Obama administration’s attempt to violate the separation of powers: “When the president couldn’t get his appointments through the Senate, he decided to ignore the law and... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today delivered a speech to the Free State Foundation on the need for policymakers to update communications and Internet policy to meet the needs of an evolving digital world. Thune delivered the following... Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota), and Representative Kristi Noem (R-South Dakota) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell requesting that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) conduct a cost benefit analysis of any proposal to relocate the... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) applauded the House of Representatives’ approval of their legislation today to minimize future propane and heating fuel shortages and regional supply disruptions. A slightly modified version of Thune and... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) 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
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), today led a number of his colleagues in sending a letter to Senators Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, urging the committee to prioritize forest management, including... Continue Reading
