Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, if it were up to Republicans, we would have finished the appropriations process months ago. “We made a lot of progress... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, Tax Day was last week, and I’d like to read a brief excerpt from a Washington Post article. “The title of... Continue Reading
“[W]e are not going to join Democrats in their irresponsible refusal to fund key parts of the Department of Homeland Security… And to prevent Democrats from voting to defund law enforcement once again in September, we’re going to fund border security and immigration enforcement for the next three years.” Click here to... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, I don’t know a lot of people who look forward to April 15th. “No, I suspect Tax Day doesn’t rank high... Continue Reading
Click here to watch Fox News and here to watch Newsmax. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News and Greta Van Susteren on Newsmax. On the Working Families Tax Cuts: “[T]he returns that are being filed this year, on average, the refunds are [nearly 20]... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, we spent the weeks before Easter debating the SAVE America Act here in the Senate. “And since the debate began, we’ve... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “It is shameful what the Democrats have done to the Department of Homeland Security. “They have now, twice in this last year,... Continue Reading
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business. On the Working Families Tax Cuts: “[P]eople this year who are filing tax returns, the average tax return this year is going to be 24 percent higher than it was during the... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, we are now more than six months – halfway through – the 2026 fiscal year. “And somehow, thanks to my Democrat... Continue Reading
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News. On Democrats’ preposterous shutdown politics: “[For] Democrats … it was all about ‘reforms,’ restrictions on ICE and on CBP agents and what they could or couldn’t do. They got none of that.... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson released a joint statement announcing a path forward to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security – including CBP and ICE – and end the record-long Democrat shutdown. “We appreciate and share the President’s determination to once and for... Continue Reading
Click here to listen to the interview. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Guy Benson on Fox News Radio. On Democrats’ DHS shutdown: “The Democrats have now kept the department shut down for 41 days. It’s a shutdown of their own design and their own making, and... Continue Reading
