Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), John Thune (R-S.D.), and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) today said that President Obama must not delay yet again a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would extend the review process into an unprecedented sixth year. The senators say the delay could be... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy expressing opposition to the agency’s recently announced federal implementation plan in Wyoming under the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze Program. This mandate will negatively impact South Dakota ratepayers due to the exceptionally high cost of... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced a resolution recognizing the sacrifice that U.S. combat troops made during the Vietnam War and expressing renewed support for the veterans of that conflict. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. Thune’s resolution is cosponsored by Senators... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced legislation, the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, to make permanent the existing ban on Internet access taxes and on multiple and discriminatory taxes on e-commerce. The Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), originally enacted in 1998 and extended three times, is currently... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today praised his committee colleagues for passing the Drought Information Act of 2013 (S. 376), which reauthorizes the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Initially authorized in 2006, NIDIS provides vital drought information to farmers,... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation to prevent discriminatory and duplicative taxes on digital goods and services, including online downloads of music, literature, movies, mobile apps, and cloud computing services. Their bill would clarify federal rules related... Continue Reading
Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) today introduced a bipartisan bill to provide for detailed analyses of how Congressional budgets and major pieces of new legislation would impact future generations. Thune and Kaine’s bill, the Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform (INFORM) Act, would also require the president to provide... Continue Reading
The South Dakota Congressional delegation today sent the following letter to President Barack Obama expressing their support for South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard’s recent request to declare the South Dakota counties of Beadle, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Hughes, and Kingsbury as major disaster areas. This declaration would greatly assist in... Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Richard Burr (R-NC), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Enzi (R-WY), James Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rob Portman (R-OH), Jim Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Thune (R-SD) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced the Federal... Continue Reading
Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, were joined today by several of their Republican Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan questioning the Department of Education’s involvement in implementing ObamaCare. The senators write:... Continue Reading
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator John Thune (R-SD), a Member of the Committee, yesterday introduced a bipartisan bill with Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) that will help spur new agricultural research by leveraging private... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) was joined today by 45 of his Republican Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama urging him to permanently delay the implementation of ObamaCare for all Americans. Last week, the Obama administration announced that after hearing concerns from the business community, it will delay... Continue Reading
