Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at the Senate Republican Conference weekly press conference about how President Biden’s budget request would spend too much, tax too much, and fail to make the necessary investments in our national security. Thune’s remarks below:... 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 proposed $7 trillion budget. Thune discussed how the president’s budget would shrink the economy, prolong the inflation crisis, and guarantee unsustainable levels of debt. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared for... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today reintroduced the Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently reintroduced the Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion (REMOVE) Act, legislation that would close a loophole that currently allows noncitizens – including illegal immigrants – convicted of kidnapping or sexual... Continue Reading
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
