Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how President Biden has created the worst border crisis in our nation’s history. Thune noted that the massive increase of fentanyl being smuggled across the border to states around the country is affecting communities in South Dakota. Thune’s... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced legislation to require the director of national intelligence to report to Congress any time it is determined that U.S. military equipment that was abandoned in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria is used in a terrorist attack against the United States or its allies or used in... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) today expressed their concern with the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS’s) plans to reduce the timber sale program for the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). The... Continue Reading
Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Senate Republican Whip John Thune, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Jack Reed and Jim Inhofe, Senate Banking Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown and Pat Toomey, Senate Foreign Relations... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the interview. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Sandra Smith on Fox News to discuss his resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s mask mandate for toddlers in the Head Start program. Yesterday, Thune and House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) authored a joint op-ed on the need to unmask America’s... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how the Democrats’ self-inflicted inflation crisis is hurting South Dakota families, and he noted that South Dakotans have received a de facto pay cut due to rising costs of goods and services. Excerpts of Thune’s remarks below: ... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today led several of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a resolution that, if enacted, would allow Congress to nullify a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule (IFR) that requires all staff and volunteers in Head Start educational facilities around the country... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how Democrats’ misplaced priorities are fueling the inflation, border, and supply chain crises. Thune noted that Democrats should focus on these issues if they really care to help American families instead of blindly pushing forward with their far-left agenda.... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today called out the Biden administration for focusing on pet projects instead of addressing the country’s rampant supply chain crisis. Thune noted that some ocean carriers are refusing to transport certain goods, such as South Dakota agricultural products, and he discussed his recent legislation that... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to modify language used on official VA and DoD forms to clarify the information required when a service member elects to... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the impact record-high inflation is having on South Dakota’s families and businesses. Thune noted that Democrats refuse to focus on this crisis and are instead prioritizing reckless spending that will only make it worse. Thune’s remarks below (as... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over health care policy, today introduced the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) School Behavioral Health Incentive Act. This bipartisan legislation would encourage states to develop health services initiatives that address behavioral health needs in... Continue Reading
