Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how Democrats want to impose a trillion dollars in tax hikes while record-high inflation is hurting small businesses and families in South Dakota. Thune warned that the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending spree would guarantee persistent and widespread inflation. Thune’s... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined his colleagues in introducing the Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act, legislation that would raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age from 65 to 67. “Airline staffing challenges continue to result in cancellations and delays across the aviation system,” said Thune. “Providing an opportunity for highly qualified,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to President Biden in support of Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R-S.D.) request for a major disaster declaration in western and central South Dakota following a series of severe storms that began on June 11,... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the interview. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined the Faulkner Focus on Fox News to discuss the rise of crime around the country, President Biden weighing whether to declare a “climate emergency,” and the administration’s complete lack of a coherent energy policy. On President Biden testing... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Good Morning America 3rd Hour to discuss the historically high inflation rate that is causing economic hardship for American families and how Democrats would make inflation worse if they succeeded in passing new tax hikes and government spending. On inflation under President... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the importance of passing the National Defense Authorization Act in order to authorize funding for critical military priorities, including those at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Thune noted that he is focused on making sure... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how the Democrats continue to pursue their reckless tax-and-spending agenda instead of focusing on pro-growth economic policies that would help working families who have experienced a de facto pay cut due to record-high inflation. Thune noted that the economy... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today urged U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai to prioritize lumber tariff relief in order to make home construction and homeownership more affordable for communities across the country. The senators also urged the... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how the Democrats’ radical energy agenda has helped create record-high inflation and soaring fuel prices. Thune argued that Congress and the administration should instead pursue a pro-growth agenda that reduces the United States’ reliance on foreign countries for oil,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today led several of their colleagues in requesting that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack address implementation issues with the Emergency Relief Program (ERP), which helps producers offset the... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today joined several of his Republican colleagues in introducing legislation to recover funds from unchecked unemployment fraud and provide incentives for states to recover fraudulent payments. The bill would jumpstart efforts to claw back federal funds and pursue recovery of... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today warned that the cost of the Democrats’ trillion-dollar reckless tax-and-spending spree would ultimately fall on the backs of small businesses and hardworking families in South Dakota and around the country. Thune noted that Democrats remain unfazed by the impacts of their radical spending proposals... Continue Reading
