Press Releases - Senator John Thune

New COVID-19 Relief Package Includes Thune Provision for Remote and Mobile Workers

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed his Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act, a bipartisan provision included in the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act, the next coronavirus relief package that Senate Republicans introduced yesterday. Thune’s provision would ensure medical professionals from around the country who... Continue Reading

Thune: Effective Spectrum Policymaking Will Benefit Rural America and Help Win the Race to 5G

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, today led a hearing titled, “The State of Spectrum Policy,” to examine the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA’s) role in spectrum management and policymaking. During the hearing, Thune... Continue Reading

Thune, Enzi Introduce Legislation to Improve Integrity of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced legislation that would improve the integrity of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. The bill would also reduce the issuance of fraudulent claims by requiring beneficiaries of the program to provide documentation proving... Continue Reading

Thune Statement on USDA Cattle Market Investigation Report

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report on its investigation into cattle market volatility during the coronavirus pandemic and following a 2019 fire at a Tyson Foods beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas. The report provides an analysis... Continue Reading

Thune Leads Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Certainty for the 340B Program

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced legislation that would provide certainty to hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “The 340B program has been critical to... Continue Reading

Thune, Brown Introduce Bill to Relieve Mobile and Remote Workers of Unfair Tax Burdens Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today introduced the Remote and Mobile Worker Relief Act (S. 3995), bipartisan legislation that would ensure that medical professionals from around the country who supported areas... Continue Reading

Thune on Fox Business: We Want to Pass a Law to Reform Policing, Show Americans We Hear Them

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Fox Business’ “CAVUTO Live” to discuss the Republican-led JUSTICE Act, sponsored by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), aimed at improving policing in America. Thune also discussed legislation he’ll be introducing to help relieve remote and mobile workers of unfair tax burdens – an issue highlighted by the experiences... Continue Reading

Thune, Stabenow, Johnson, and Loebsack Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging USDA to Provide Flexibility for Harvesting and Grazing Cover Crops on Prevented Plant Acres

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) today led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging it to exercise its authority to allow producers to graze or harvest cover crops on prevented plant... Continue Reading

Thune Introduces Bill to Support Hand Sanitizer and Ethanol Production By Extending FDA Guidance

Click here or on the picture above to watch Thune discuss his bill on the Senate floor. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced legislation that would extend for two years The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) “Temporary Policy for Preparation of Certain Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public... Continue Reading

Thune: COVID-19 Proves Value of Telehealth Across America

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today highlighted the heightened value of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States, especially in rural areas like those in his home state of South Dakota, where access to specialty care is more difficult to find. Thune has long been a proponent of... Continue Reading

Thune: Senate Republicans Committed to Helping Americans Through This Health Crisis

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the far-left push to defund police departments across the United States. Thune also discussed Democrats’ continued legislative partisanship, even during a national crisis, and expressed his desire to work with Senate Democrats to provide relief to the American people who are suffering during... Continue Reading

Thune, Smith Introduce Bill to Allow Emergency Haying and Grazing on CRP Acres During COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, this week introduced legislation that would allow emergency haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres during the COVID-19 health crisis. Under current statute, emergency CRP haying and grazing is limited to weather-related disaster... Continue Reading