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Sen. Thune: VA’s failure to comply with MISSION act is 'a personal affront to veterans across the country’
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) joined 19 other senators in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough asking that the department correct recent policy initiatives that are making access to care more difficult for veterans.
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Thune: Biden’s Border Crisis Turns Into Full-Blown Catastrophe
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the Biden administration’s decision to end the use of pandemic-era Title 42 authorities without any meaningful replacement. Thune noted that President Biden has the authority to address the crisis at the southern border, but he has simply chosen not to act. Title 42 has played an essential role in preventing the crisis at the border from becoming a full-blown catastrophe, and once it is lifted, the administration is expecting up to 13,000 illegal crossings per day – nearly doubling the recent average.
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Thune, Risch Reintroduce Bill to Release Afghanistan Dissent Cable
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today reintroduced a bill to require the U.S. State Department to release a public, unclassified version of the July 13, 2021, internal dissent channel cable that reportedly warned of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s ability to capture Kabul.
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Thune: The Ball is in Biden’s Court
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about President Biden’s refusal to negotiate a debt ceiling deal with Speaker McCarthy. Thune noted that if the president continues to reject compromise, something he used to embrace during previous debt ceiling negotiations, he is going to be solely responsible for the economic crisis that follows.
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Thune-Klobuchar Bill Would Expand Sodsaver Initiative
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today introduced the American Prairie Conservation Act. This bipartisan legislation would disincentivize the conversion of native sod to cropland by closing a crop insurance yield substitution loophole in all 50 states. Sodsaver, which has been implemented in South Dakota, Minnesota, and other prairie pothole states, is a cost-saving initiative that reduces incentives without preventing farmers from converting native sod to cropland. Farmers who choose to break up native sod and convert it to cropland face a reduction in crop insurance premium subsidy assistance and a reduction in guaranteed yields of insured crops.
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Thune, King Introduce Bipartisan Resolution to Confront China’s Exploitation of WTO Trade Status
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Angus King (I-Maine) today reintroduced a resolution that confronts China’s self-designation status as a developing country at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Thune: We Need a Pro-Growth, Pro-Opportunity, and Pro-Taxpayer Tax Code
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, today spoke on the Senate floor about the striking contrast between Democrats’ and Republicans’ approach to tax policy. Thune noted that Democrats view it as a way to collect money to pursue their big-government and big-spending agenda, whereas Republicans’ primary focus is helping the economy grow, expanding prosperity for all, and making sure taxpayers keep more of their hard-earned dollars.
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Thune Warns of Biden’s Anti-Conventional-Energy Policies
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how President Biden’s Green-New-Deal, anti-conventional-energy policies jeopardize our nation’s energy supply and drive up prices for American consumers. Thune noted that the president should be pursuing an all-of-the-above energy policy that embraces the full spectrum of available renewable and conventional energy sources. Thune also urged President Biden to utilize biofuels to their full potential, following the administration’s decision to allow the summertime sale of E15 fuel at Thune’s request.
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Thune on Fox News: President Biden Must Negotiate with Speaker McCarthy
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News to reiterate that the only path forward for a solution to raise the debt limit is an agreement that is acceptable to both House Republicans and President Biden.
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Thune: It’s About Time
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about Democrats’ hypocrisy when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. Thune noted that President Biden can either get serious about engaging in real negotiations with Speaker McCarthy and arrive at a genuine compromise or refuse to meaningfully engage and ensure that his presidency is remembered for a Democrat default on the debt.
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Thune, Scott Lead Colleagues in Fighting Back Against Radical Environmental Agenda
U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns with the Federal Insurance Office’s (FIO’s) efforts to force the Biden administration’s unrealistic environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda onto the state-regulated insurance industry.