Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, we are now more than six months – halfway through – the 2026 fiscal year. “And somehow, thanks to my Democrat... Continue Reading
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News. On Democrats’ preposterous shutdown politics: “[For] Democrats … it was all about ‘reforms,’ restrictions on ICE and on CBP agents and what they could or couldn’t do. They got none of that.... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson released a joint statement announcing a path forward to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security – including CBP and ICE – and end the record-long Democrat shutdown. “We appreciate and share the President’s determination to once and for... Continue Reading
Click here to listen to the interview. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Guy Benson on Fox News Radio. On Democrats’ DHS shutdown: “The Democrats have now kept the department shut down for 41 days. It’s a shutdown of their own design and their own making, and... Continue Reading
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News. On Democrats’ DHS shutdown: “Every single day [Democrats] move the goalposts. And remember how we got here. They agreed to a bicameral, bipartisan, Democrat and Republican deal to open up and fund... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, enough is enough! “Republicans have bent over backward to negotiate with Democrats. “And now Democrats need to get serious about funding... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, just where do Senate Democrats stand on voter ID? “It’s pretty darn hard to tell. “I mean, we spent years hearing... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, since we began debate on the SAVE America Act, my Democrat colleagues have spent a lot of time hedging. “And that’s... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, we’re on day 40 of Democrats’ shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. “Day 40. “And that’s on top of Democrats’... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, if one thing is abundantly clear from polling, it’s that there are a lot of Americans out there – of... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Shamefully, we are on day 39 of the Democrat shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. “It is increasingly having effects... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, as debate continues on the SAVE America Act, Republicans are also working to advance two nominees for important posts in... Continue Reading
