WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns with the Federal Insurance Office’s (FIO’s) efforts to force the Biden administration’s unrealistic... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about Democrats’ hypocrisy when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. Thune noted that President Biden can either get serious about engaging in real negotiations with Speaker McCarthy and arrive at a genuine... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding the Biden administration’s decision to allow the summertime sale of E15 fuel: “As I have repeatedly made clear to the Biden administration, biofuels are a common-sense, readily... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined 16 Republican senators in sending a letter to the Biden administration’s Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson regarding the agency’s proposal to penalize certain homebuyers who have good credit scores with larger fees in order to reduce... 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 Susan Collins (R-Maine), vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today reintroduced the Increase Reliable Services Now Act, legislation that would prohibit the IRS from hiring new enforcement employees until... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the disconnect between Democrats’ big-government, big-spending agenda and the reality faced by working families and small business owners who have struggled to keep up due to historic inflation and record-high costs. Thune also discussed the need for... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) recently introduced the Employee Rights Act of 2023, legislation that would modernize labor policies in order to match the needs of the 21st century worker and workforce. The bill would promote growth and innovation, protect workers rather than... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), ranking member and chairman, respectively, of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to request that it conduct a review of the effectiveness of federal, state, and local broadband... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.),Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) this week reintroduced the Training America’s Workforce Act, legislation that would make apprenticeship programs more responsive to industry workforce needs. The bill would help individuals obtain industry-specific skills through on-the-job learning and classroom instruction,... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today reintroduced the Ending Duplicative Subsidies for Electric Vehicles Act, legislation that would prohibit the automobile industry from double-dipping on federal subsidies, specifically electric vehicle (EV) tax credits, grants, and loans for EV manufacturing. The bill would require stakeholders to choose between receiving manufacturing... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today led his colleagues in sending a letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson expressing concerns with the $42.45 billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program’s Notice of... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed his concerns with the nomination of Julie Su to serve as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. Thune highlighted Su’s time serving as secretary of labor for the state of California where she enabled massive... Continue Reading
