Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the Biden administration’s outrageous plan to block federal funds for schools’ hunting and archery programs. Thune recently introduced legislation that would clarify that the prohibition of the use of federal education funds for... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about President Biden’s most recent student loan giveaway scheme, which would forgive student loan balances after 10 years of payments for certain borrowers, including those in high-income households. Thune noted that instead of creating... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the Allowing for Recreational Resources for Outdoor Wellness (ARROW) Act, legislation that would prevent the Biden administration from blocking funding for elementary and secondary schools’ hunting and archery programs. Specifically, the legislation would clarify that the prohibition of the... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today released the following statement announcing his opposition to the nomination of Anna Gomez to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC): “Since restoring the light-touch government regulation of the internet,... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the importance of regular order in the Senate, particularly as it relates to the committee process. Thune noted that the Senate Appropriations Committee, for the first time in five years, has processed all... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the harsh realities South Dakotans are facing as a result of “Bidenomics.” Thune noted that American taxpayers are footing the bill for President Biden’s big-government, big-spending agenda that has consisted of higher taxes,... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined several of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn President Biden’s reckless income-driven repayment (IDR) rule that would forgive student loan balances after 10 years of payments for certain borrowers, including those in high-income households. On... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today called on the Biden administration to withdraw its outrageous plan to block funding for elementary and secondary schools that have hunting and archery programs. The letter condemns the administration’s misinterpretation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and its attempt to justify blocking funds... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) recently introduced the Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act. This bipartisan legislation would help beginning farmers and veterans receive more affordable crop insurance protections by extending the Beginning... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) recently introduced the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act, bipartisan legislation that would permit governors to petition the federal government for supplemental H-2B visas beyond the national cap of 66,000. Eligibility to... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, today requested that the IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury strengthen their recent general legal... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today applauded the Senate Commerce Committee’s unanimous passage of his bipartisan Filter Bubble Transparency Act, which was included in a larger bill to address kids’ safety on the internet. Thune’s bill would make it... Continue Reading
