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
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is currently seeking college students to serve as summer interns in his office in Washington, D.C., as well as in his offices in Aberdeen, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls. Interns in Thune’s state offices will participate in constituent service and state outreach activities, while interns in the Washington, D.C., office will have... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband; Tina Smith (D-Minn.); Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee; and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) today introduced the Connect Unserved Americans Act. This bipartisan legislation would ensure that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) targets funding through... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Edward 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, recently sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expressing support for the agency’s ongoing efforts to address the... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, recently joined several of his Senate Republican colleagues in raising serious concerns with the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) announcement of a major expansion of its collaboration... Continue Reading
Click here to watch the video. U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, including Russia’s unserious demands for de-escalation. Thune spoke about the imperative of presenting a credible deterrent to Putin while demonstrating that the United States will make good on its longstanding NATO commitments. ... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), both members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, bipartisan legislation that would update federal regulations for the global shipping industry. The bill would level the playing field for American exporters by making it... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) today introduced the Help Expand Liability Protections (HELP) for Volunteers Act. This bipartisan legislation would permanently extend the Public Health Service Act’s health care professional liability coverage to health professional volunteers at Community Health Centers (CHCs). “Community Health Centers provide crucial... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today led the entire Senate Republican Conference in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to suspend the pending rulemaking to redefine the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (CWA), specifically “waters of the United... Continue Reading
