U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced legislation to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from providing performance awards to employees who owe outstanding federal tax debt or who have violated U.S. tax law. “Given what we know about recent IRS actions —... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced that the Surface Transportation Board (STB)’s Rail Customer and Public Assistance program (RCPA) will be hosting a series of informal meetings with interested South Dakota shippers regarding railroad service delays on Tuesday,... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the State Department’s announcement that it will again delay its decision to approve or deny the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline: “On a day when many Americans are observing Good Friday and preparing for Easter, the administration took the opportunity... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, tonight issued the following comment regarding the administration’s enrollment announcement: “The president’s latest ObamaCare ‘victory’ lap is an insult to the millions of Americans who lost the coverage they were promised they could keep, who lost access to the... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today sent a letter to Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson urging the administration to continue asking the existing health insurance coverage questions in the Census Bureau’s annual survey, along with its planned new questions, for two years.... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement after the Surface Transportation Board (STB) announced tonight that it will direct the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and BNSF Railway Company to report by April 18, 2014, their plans to... Continue Reading
Following the increased number of South Dakota shippers experiencing significantly reduced rail service, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today delivered remarks at a hearing before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) regarding... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, tonight issued the following statement regarding Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s resignation: “Unfortunately for the American people, Secretary Sebelius’ resignation will do nothing to protect them from ObamaCare’s canceled coverage, skyrocketing costs, and fewer choices. ObamaCare is... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) led a number of his Republican Senate colleagues today in sending a letter to Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, calling on the agencies to refrain from regulating livestock... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will deliver the following prepared remarks, at approximately 2:00 P.M. CT/1:00 P.M. MT with live web video available here, at today’s Surface Transportation Board (STB) public hearing focused on U.S. Rail Service Issues: Thank... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today praised the committee’s approval of their legislation to better prepare for propane and heating fuel shortages and regional supply disruptions. A slightly modified version of Thune and Klobuchar’s Reliable... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced a bill clarifying that sports medicine professionals who travel outside their primary licensed state to provide care for the athletes will be covered by their medical malpractice insurance. Thune and Klobuchar’s bill, the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act, stipulates... Continue Reading
