Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed his efforts to support the next generation of agriculture. As a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Thune has introduced bills to advance agriculture innovation, precision agriculture, and rural connectivity for the 2023 farm bill.... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Promoting Precision Agriculture Act, bipartisan legislation to help facilitate further adoption of precision agriculture technology. The bill... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the interview. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News to discuss the RESTRICT Act, his new bipartisan legislation that would establish a risk-based process to identify and mitigate foreign threats to information and communications technology. On the need to establish... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today condemned Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies and anti-law-enforcement rhetoric that can have a negative effect on law and order and law enforcement morale and recruitment. Thune noted that when lawmakers put politics over public safety, communities suffer and are less... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Mark Warner (D-Va.), chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, today introduced the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act.... 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 recent trip to the Rio Grande Valley at the U.S. southern border. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared for delivery): “Mr. President, at the end of last week I joined several... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) today reintroduced the Chronic Disease Management Act, bipartisan legislation that would ensure high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) that are used with health savings accounts (HSAs) can cover care related to chronic disease management prior to a beneficiary reaching their plan... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. MCALLEN, TEXAS — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) traveled to the Rio Grande Valley at the U.S. southern border to see firsthand the ongoing national security and humanitarian crisis and hear directly from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, local law enforcement, local elected... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today introduced the Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act. The legislation would authorize the administration to negotiate and conclude a trade agreement with the United Kingdom to open export opportunities for businesses of all... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today talked about the importance of an all-of-the-above energy policy to reduce the United States’ reliance on foreign sources of energy. Thune noted that any energy policy that doesn’t embrace conventional and renewable sources is insufficient and would place... 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 highly partisan nominees. Thune stated that the president has renominated at least 15 individuals who were unable to get any bipartisan support in the last Congress. Thune noted that if... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today reintroduced the Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act, bipartisan legislation that would improve the effectiveness and timeliness of multiple U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that assist farmers and ranchers... Continue Reading
