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
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) joined a number of his GOP colleagues in cosponsoring Senator John Barrasso’s (R-Wyoming) legislation to block a proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expanding its authority to regulate small wetlands, creeks, stock ponds, and ditches under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The... Continue Reading
The Co-Chairs of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Internet Caucus are urging House and Senate Leadership to pass bipartisan legislation before the August recess to permanently eliminate new state and local taxes on Internet access. In a letter from Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-California) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia), as well as... Continue Reading
Today Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) offered two amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill, including one that would reprogram $2 million in the FY2015 Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) budget to address the backlog of undetermined wetlands in all states. “Conservation compliance is an eligibility... Continue Reading
Today Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) wrote U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting that USDA stop requiring the destruction of vegetative cover on certain CRP contracts at a cost to taxpayers. “CRP holds a significant role in the success of South Dakota’s agriculture and rural economies,” said... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today introduced legislation (S. 2462) 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. “ObamaCare’s employer mandate is not only destroying jobs in the... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia) and John Thune (R-South Dakota) today introduced the bipartisan Employer Participation in Refinancing Act to help individuals pay down their student loans. The Warner-Thune legislation would provide a new tool to help employers recruit and retain quality employees by allowing them to help qualified... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) took to the Senate floor today to honor the 70th anniversary of the heroic landings of D-Day at Normandy. Thune made the following remarks on the Senate Floor, “…The incredible bravery exhibited on June 6th, 1944…is one of the defining moments of modern... Continue Reading
