U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today announced that he will seek re-election for Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the third highest ranking Republican position. Thune has served as Conference Chairman since January of this year. “America continues to face enormous challenges and the consequences have never been greater,” said... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) continue to press for answers about the failed stimulus-funded battery company, A123. Thune and Grassley, who have taken the lead in seeking answers from both the Obama administration and A123 on the use of taxpayer dollars to fund the now-bankrupt green... Continue Reading
The Obama administration’s advanced battery manufacturing program through the federal stimulus package cost $158,556 per job created, and many of those jobs likely were temporary, according to an analysis released today by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. John Thune of South Dakota. The analysis came after Grassley pressed... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) and Representative Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today wrote to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki opposing the Veterans Administration’s proposal for the future of the Black Hills Health Care System. The letter expresses the concern that our veterans would no longer be... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) is currently seeking hard-working college students to serve as 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, while students... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune issued the following statement after the passing of former Senator George McGovern: “Senator George McGovern lived a life of exemplary service. George’s legacy of service will live on at the leadership program created in his name by his beloved Dakota Wesleyan University and in the hearts of... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today spearheaded a letter signed by a bipartisan group of Senators to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The Senators’ letter requests that the Grain, Inspection and Packers and Stockyards Administration investigate recent unusually high differences between the prices sheep producers are receiving and over-the-counter prices... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Thune (R-S.D.) continue to press for answers about a $249.1 million federal grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the controversial 2009 stimulus bill to a battery manufacturer that could soon be owned by a Chinese investor. Grassley and Thune sent... Continue Reading
A bill authored by U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) that would modernize the way both the states and the federal government track the shipment of hazardous waste was signed into law by the president today, October 5, 2012. The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (S. 710) modernizes a 25-year... Continue Reading
Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), Senator John Thune (R-SD) and Representative Kristi Noem (R-SD) today sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to request a meeting in Hot Springs regarding the proposed changes to the Black Hills Health Care System (BHHCS). The delegation was joined by Senator... Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and James Inhofe (R-OK) sent a letter to President Obama regarding potential use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). In their letter, the Senators outline that the SPR was created... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today made the following statement regarding the U.S. Commerce Department’s downward revision of second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) from 1.7 percent to 1.3 percent, signaling the economy is significantly weaker than previously thought: “Today’s downward reduction of second-quarter GDP... Continue Reading
