U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the ransomware attack on JBS Foods, a global meat processing company. Thune emphasized how the attack on JBS, one of the four meatpacking companies responsible for more than 80 percent of America’s beef processing operations, highlighted two important issues: the rise of ransomware... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed President Biden’s budget, which would raise taxes by $3.6 trillion over 10 years. The budget would raise taxes on middle-class families by allowing the tax relief Republicans passed in 2017 to expire. It also proposes at least 30 separate tax increases, including a hike... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) recently joined Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee to argue for an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy to address America’s growing energy needs and promote bipartisan efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thune opposed the $259 billion “Clean Energy for America Act” being considered by... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today led U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in introducing the bipartisan Rural Connectivity Advancement Program (RCAP) Act of 2021, legislation that would dedicate a portion of proceeds from congressionally mandated... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed his work to develop a bipartisan legislative framework to govern the testing and deployment of automated vehicles (AVs) and his amendment to the Endless Frontier Act, which would’ve helped keep the United States ahead of China in the AV revolution. Thune expressed... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on the possible improper and anti-competitive activity in the cattle market. Thune also spoke on the Senate floor about his ongoing effort to press the Department of Justice to investigate this potentially uncompetitive behavior.... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the Democrats’ supposed election integrity bill and the multitude of unwise and unconstitutional provisions in the legislation, specifically the weaponization of the IRS. If enacted, the Democrats’ partisan bill would repeal a Treasury Department rule that was designed to help prevent the... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the United States’ progress toward energy independence and the importance of all-of-the-above energy policies that invest in oil and natural gas, ethanol and other biofuels, solar, wind, and hydropower. Thune noted that President Biden’s hostility toward affordable and reliable energy security in... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the array of “free stuff” President Biden unveiled in his American Families Plan, from free community college to free preschool to a wide range of government subsidies. Thune noted that despite the president’s advertisement, someone has to pay for these “free” programs.... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed the dismal April jobs report, which found that just 266,000 workers were hired despite the 8.1 million job openings that existed at the end of March. The national unemployment rate also increased to 6.1 percent. Thune noted that Democrats’ “throw money at... Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D) today led several of their colleagues in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to continue the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the nation’s four biggest meatpackers. Thune and Johnson’s bicameral letter also requested that DOJ provide Congress with... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed S. 1, a partisan election “reform” bill, which amounts to a thinly veiled power grab by Democrats to increase their chances of winning elections. The Democrats’ bill would, among other things, overturn popular voter ID laws in the states, make the federal election... Continue Reading
