Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax and trade legislation, this week questioned U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at a hearing on the administration’s trade agenda. Thune called out the Biden administration for its inexcusable delay in prioritizing a confirmable... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the interview. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News to discuss the Biden administration’s failure to secure our southern border. Thune noted that the Biden administration’s border crisis, which is the worst in history, will only get worse if the... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed his goals for the 2023 farm bill. Thune noted that he is fortunate to be a long-time member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which gives him an important platform from which to address the needs of South Dakota agriculture producers. ... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) announcement that it will provide Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) assistance to producers for a portion of the costs they have incurred... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today released the following statement after his Ocean Shipping Reform Act was unanimously passed by the United States Senate. Thune’s legislation, which he introduced with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), would support U.S. exporters, strengthen... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed his Ocean Shipping Reform Act, legislation he introduced with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) that would help ease pressures in the supply chain by improving its fluidity. Thune noted that he is encouraged by the Senate Commerce Committee’s strong, bipartisan support, and he hopes... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared for delivery): “Mr. President, last week’s Judiciary Committee hearing gave senators the opportunity to hear directly from President Biden’s nominee... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today introduced the Housing Supply Expansion Act,legislation that would address the shortage of affordable housing options across the nation by making targeted reforms to requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act, a 1930s-era labor law. These reforms would reduce labor costs and administrative burdens on construction... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how President Biden’s policies have created the worst border crisis in our nation’s history. Thune noted that President Biden has never been to the border, and neither the growing humanitarian nor security concerns have moved him to address this crisis. Thune’s... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today criticized the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) failure to deliver basic customer services and the negative effect it has on South Dakota taxpayers. Thune noted that rather than improving taxpayer services, Washington Democrats have instead prioritized doubling the size of the agency in... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today released the following statement after his Ocean Shipping Reform Act was unanimously passed by the committee. Thune’s legislation, which he introduced with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), would support U.S. exporters, strengthen the investigatory authority... 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 introduced the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Improvement Act. This legislation would bolster CRP by improving access to grazing, providing more enrollment options to producers, and addressing CRP implementation issues following the 2018... Continue Reading
