U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Thune (R-S.D.) continue to press for answers about a $249.1 million federal grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the controversial 2009 stimulus bill to a battery manufacturer that could soon be owned by a Chinese investor. Grassley and Thune sent... Continue Reading
Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and James Inhofe (R-OK) sent a letter to President Obama regarding potential use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). In their letter, the Senators outline that the SPR was created... Continue Reading
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to the Obama administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) questioning the use of taxpayer dollars to shore up another faltering stimulus-funded company, A123 Systems Inc.... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Following TransCanada’s announcement today that the company has reapplied for federal approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, again called on the Obama Administration to end its obstruction of the Keystone XL pipeline. President Barack Obama formally rejected TransCanada’s... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Senator John Thune today joined Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), David Vitter (R-La.), and a total of 44 senators to announce that they will introduce legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project under Congress’ authority enumerated in the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 1,... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune today expressed concern over the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) expected announcement this afternoon to approve a partial waiver for the use of E15 (15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline) in conventional vehicles with a model year of 2007 or newer, and called on the Obama Administration... Continue Reading
Senators Chuck Grassley, John Thune, Mike Johanns and Kit Bond today pressed President Barack Obama on his administration’s decision to further delay the entry of E15 blends of gasoline into the market. The Senators asked the President for prompt action on the waiver petition and immediate consideration of an interim... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune today commented on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule for regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses emitted from stationary sources, such as power plants and ethanol plants, under the Clean Air Act. “As expected, the Obama administration’s EPA has laid out a policy that will... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the agency to not move forward with proposed regulations on the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that would amount to a national energy tax. The tax would increase energy rates paid... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune today released the following statement regarding legislation introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to delay the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating stationary sources of greenhouse gases for two years: “The Obama administration and its allies in Congress have failed to advance cap-and-trade legislation, so the EPA... Continue Reading
Earlier today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the names of participants and the findings of the peer review process related to the EPA’s controversial indirect land use models within the new Renewable Fuels Standard regulations. “I am deeply discouraged by what seems to be yet another slant against ethanol... Continue Reading
Senator John Thune tonight made the following statement after the Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2010 Senate Energy and Water Appropriations bill by a vote of 85 to 9. The bill appropriates money for several South Dakota projects requested by Senator Thune. “Water systems deliver clean, reliable water service to... Continue Reading
