Senator John Thune today commented on the U.S. Senate’s passage of an $8 billion infusion of funding to the Highway Trust Fund. Last week, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation notified Congress that the Highway Trust Fund was expected to experience a funding shortfall that would reduce transportation dollars that are... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune announced today that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2009 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill and the Energy and Water Appropriation bill – both of which include important funding priorities for South Dakota. “Today’s committee passage of these important funding... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune today joined the Senate in passing the conference report on the Fiscal Year 2006 Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, HUD, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill (TTJHUD). This bill funds the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Federal Judiciary and Supreme Court,... Continue Reading
The U.S. Department of Transportation has chosen Aberdeen for a $450,000 air transportation grant, Senator John Thune announced today. The grant will be used to increase the community’s air transportation capacity by replacing Northwest Airlink’s turboprop flights with larger regional jet aircraft. “Improving flight service to Aberdeen will strengthen the... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and John Thune (R-SD) today announced $225 million in project earmarks for South Dakota as part of the soon-to-be-passed Transportation Bill. Both Johnson and Thune were negotiators on the conference committee responsible for this much needed legislation. This bill, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient... Continue Reading
