Thune: Biden Administration’s Radical ESG Policies Have Real-World Impacts

Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today expressed his concerns regarding President Biden’s far-reaching environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda. Thune noted that the administration has failed to examine the impact ESG policies will have on the price of food and energy, and he... Continue Reading

Thune Urges President Biden to Be Honest About Real-World Costs of Climate Agenda

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today led his colleagues in calling out President Biden and his administration for forcing their radical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies onto the American economy in pursuit of their unrealistic environmental agenda. The letter highlights various actions by financial regulators that threaten to... Continue Reading

Thune Launches Nationwide Broadband Oversight Effort

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today announced that he will be launching a nationwide oversight effort that will review numerous broadband programs spanning several federal agencies. The primary goal of Thune’s effort is to hold these agencies accountable... Continue Reading

Thune: ESG Policies are Contributing to Higher Food, Energy Prices

Click here to watch the video.  WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today called on the White House to examine the impact that its radical ESG policies will have on the price of food and energy before imposing these new rules and costs on American families. Thune’s remarks below:  ... Continue Reading

Thune Honors Retiring Senators Blunt and Inhofe

Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today honored retiring U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) on the Senate floor. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared for delivery):   “Mr. President, we’ll be losing several members to retirement at the end of this... Continue Reading

Thune Statement on Proposed RFS Blending Targets

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed “set” rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The “set” rule establishes future-year blending requirements for low-carbon biofuels, with EPA proposing modest growth over the next three years. “The... Continue Reading

Thune: The Future is Bright for Ellsworth Air Force Base and the B-21 Bomber

Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke about the importance of Ellsworth Air Force Base, its airmen, and the surrounding community ahead of the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman’s unveiling of the new B-21 bomber, a sixth-generation aircraft that will revolutionize the... Continue Reading

Thune: We Must Hold the IRS Accountable and Protect Taxpayer Dollars

Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, today discussed how the Democrats’ attempt to supersize the IRS without holding the agency accountable to American taxpayers is dangerous and irresponsible. Thune also spoke... Continue Reading

Thune Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Allow Year-Round E15 Sales

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in introducing the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2022. The legislation would allow for the year-round, nationwide sale of ethanol blends higher... Continue Reading

Thune, Luján, Klobuchar, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Rural Broadband

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, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), all members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today introduced the Rural Internet Improvement Act.... Continue Reading

Thune: A Debt We Can Never Fully Repay

Click here or on the picture above to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the tremendous sacrifices that veterans and military families make, and he noted that our country owes them, and the generations that came before them, its eternal gratitude. Thune also expressed... Continue Reading

Thune, Grassley Lead Republican Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Hold the IRS More Accountable

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a current member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, today led their Republican colleagues on the... Continue Reading