Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how the crisis at the southern border is impacting communities all across the country. Thune noted that President Biden has the power and authority to end the crisis he created by simply enforcing the law and reinstating... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today participated in a hearing to examine foreign ownership in U.S. agriculture. Thune discussed the importance of protecting South Dakota farmers and ranchers from foreign adversaries... 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 urgent need to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and pass his and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Ariz.) amendment that would enhance aviation safety. Thune noted that Senate Democrat leadership has put the... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about his dozens of visits and meetings with South Dakotans during the August state work period. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared for delivery): “Mr. President, there is nothing like summertime in South Dakota.... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) today led a group of their colleagues in a letter to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram expressing support for the agency’s new engagement on a potential special registration for telehealth. The senators shared serious concerns over the agency’s... 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 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
