U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy calling on the agency to drop proposed burdensome requirements on new wood stoves and work with Congress and manufacturers to reconfigure the proposed New Source Performance Standards. The EPA’s new proposed rule on... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following comment in advance of ObamaCare’s fourth anniversary this Sunday, March 23: “Four years after ObamaCare became the law of the land, millions of Americans have little but canceled policies, fewer choices, and skyrocketing costs... Continue Reading
Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), John Thune (R-S.D.) and 22 of their Republican colleagues today called on the Obama administration to immediately rescind its rule creating an unwarranted special carveout for some unions from Obamacare fees. In a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell,... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced an amendment (S.Amdt. 2838) that was added by voice vote to the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Reauthorization bill (S. 1086). The amendment specifies that child care certificates, which provide greater parental choice in selecting child care facilities, are an option for states... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and John Walsh (D-Mont.), along with Representatives Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Brigadier General John Kem of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), co-chair of the Congressional Sportmen’s Caucus (CSC), today applauded the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) announcement that it would restore funding sequestered from the Wildlife Restoration and the Sport Fish Restoration & Boating Safety Trust Funds (Sportsmen Trust Funds). “Sportsmen and women pay excise... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the Reliable Home Heating Act (S. 2086) today to better prepare for propane and heating fuel shortages and regional supply disruptions. This legislation would allow governors greater autonomy when... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today made the following comment regarding the Obama administration’s announcement that it will yet again delay ObamaCare’s minimum coverage requirements for health plans offered by insurance companies to avoid another wave of cancellations this fall: “If ObamaCare is as... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) tonight criticized the Obama administration’s decision (page 90) to grant many union health plans (Taft-Hartley) an exemption from the reinsurance fee contained in ObamaCare: “The administration’s decision to carve out its union cronies from the ObamaCare reinsurance fee is beyond egregious and will leave others... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) made the following statement today regarding the release of President Obama’s long-delayed FY 2015 budget proposal: “With over two years still left in his presidency, and millions of middle-income Americans hurting in this weak economy, it’s unfortunate the president has already given up on addressing... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced an amendment (S.Amdt. 2782) to the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 (S. 1982) requiring that prior to the closure of any Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) must certify the changes to... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today criticized Senator Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) comments on the Senate floor this morning in which the Majority Leader dismissed Americans’ stories regarding ObamaCare’s negative impact, saying “All of them are untrue.” “The Majority Leader this morning questioned the validity... Continue Reading
