U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today issued the following statements after the Senate unanimously passed their Supplemental Impact Aid Flexibility Act last night. This bipartisan legislation would allow school districts that participate in the Impact Aid Program to use previously reported student headcounts on their Impact Aid applications for the... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today questioned industry experts on technology companies’ use of algorithms and artificial intelligence at a subcommittee hearing titled, “Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms: Addressing the Harms of Persuasive Technology.” Yesterday, Thune questioned Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, about the company’s use of secret... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan group of senators in expressing support for the cattle industry’s recent requests for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately suspend fresh beef imports from Brazil. In 2017, Brazilian... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the Democrats’ desire to double the size of the Internal Revenue Servicein order to pay for their reckless tax-and-spending spree. Thune noted that the agency’s poor reputation and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars would further jeopardize the privacy of South Dakotans’ personal information. ... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today called out the Biden administration for its egregious energy policies that are stifling American energy development through out-of-touch and overly burdensome regulations. Thune noted that the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending spree would further drive up energy prices for South Dakota families and make energy less... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke out against President Biden’s overbearing federal vaccine mandate on American workers and businesses. Thune stressed that this mandate is not the proper role of the federal government and that there will be a bipartisan Senate vote to overturn the mandate later today. Thune’s... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today re-introduced the Deceptive Experiences to Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act to prohibit large online platforms from using deceptive user interfaces, known as “dark patterns,” to trick consumers into handing over their personal data. The DETOUR Act would... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), authors of the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act and members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act, which would help bolster privately led efforts to trace back the origins of illegal... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the passing of World War II veteran and South Dakota native Marcella LeBeau and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.), who will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, December 9. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared for... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the massive tax breaks for millionaires in the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spending spree. Thune noted that middle-income, working families would be forced to fund the Democrats’ radical bill that would significantly expand the role of the federal government into their daily lives. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today released the following statement in opposition to the nomination of Jessica Rosenworcel to serve a new five-year term beginning July 1, 2020 and as chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “I’ve said for... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency for implementing their recommendation to remove the arbitrary November 1 restriction for harvesting or grazing cover crops on prevented... Continue Reading
