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
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed Democrats’ creative attempt to redefine or manipulate common words and phrases, including “infrastructure,” “court-packing,” “crisis,” “Jim Crow,” and “bipartisan,” to advance their political agenda. Thune’s remarks below (as prepared for delivery): “Mr. President, ‘infrastructure.’ “‘Court-packing.’ “‘Crisis.’ “‘Jim Crow.’ “‘Bipartisan.’ “All words that... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for announcing that producers in South Dakota and other Prairie Pothole states can now sign up for the Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP), a Thune-authored program, which became law as part of the 2018 farm bill. SHIPP... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) this week joined Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in leading a bipartisan group of 50 senators to reintroduce the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of... 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, today reintroduced the Cover Crop Flexibility Act, legislation to remove the prohibition on harvesting or grazing cover crops on prevented plant acres prior to November 1 and... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed Democrats’ recent reintroduction of the Green New Deal resolution and the massive costs it would impose on the American people. Thune emphasized his continued efforts to advance policies that promote clean energy and improve our environment without placing heavy burdens on American workers... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to request that they conduct an independent review of the... Continue Reading
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) today introduced legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing permits related to livestock emissions. The Livestock Regulatory Protection Act would amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the EPA from issuing permits for any carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide,... Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today expressed his strong disappointment in the lack of bipartisan cooperation in the first 100 days of the Biden administration ahead of President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress this evening. Thune stressed that what matters most is not what the president says... Continue Reading
