U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) praised the Senate’s bipartisan approval of his amendment to the Senate’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget resolution putting the Senate on record opposing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proposal to list the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). “This amendment puts... Continue Reading
Earlier this week, U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) introduced their bipartisan bill to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing costly regulations that would increase energy prices, curb job growth, and hinder economic opportunities by setting the ground-level ozone standard at an unprecedented low level.... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) today introduced a bill to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing costly regulations that would increase energy prices, curb job growth, and hinder economic opportunities by setting the ground-level ozone standard at an unprecedented low level. Thune and Manchin’s... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced a bill to prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from listing the northern long-eared bat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In 2011, the FWS reached a secret sue-and-settle agreement with two radical environmental groups to require listing determinations on more... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today met for their first delegation meeting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Associate Administrator for Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA), David Miller, and FIMA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation, Roy Wright, calling on... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced legislation to prevent ammunition and fishing tackle from unnecessary Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation. The Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act excludes ammunition and fishing tackle from the Toxic Substances Control Act, leaving regulation up to state fish... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today commented on the passage of the omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 and applauded the inclusion of a number of important South Dakota provisions: “I’m pleased the annual funding bill included a number of provisions important to South Dakota,” said Thune.... Continue Reading
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today criticized a proposed regulation from the Obama Environmental Protection Agency to expand costly ground-level ozone regulations across the country: “It’s disappointing, though not surprising, that the Obama administration would unveil what could be the most... Continue Reading
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) today launched a new interactive map on his website displaying South Dakota rivers, streams, wetlands, flood plains, and other waterways that could be under new federal regulation due to a proposed power-grab from the Obama administration. “The Obama EPA’s power-grab over small and seasonal... Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, along with a number of committee and subcommittee leaders, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker requesting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) and Representative Kristi Noem (R-South Dakota) today sent a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze calling for the agency to continue funding the Wildfire Community Assistance program, a local-federal cooperative project that hires... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Mike Johanns (R-Nebraska), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) and John Thune (R- South Dakota) today offered an amendment to legislation before the Senate that would give Nebraska and South Dakota authority over potential land acquisitions by the federal government along the Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation areas. Unfortunately, Sen. Majority... Continue Reading
