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April 29, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Sullivan & 18 Colleagues Urge President to Investigate Allegations Against John Kerry Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 28, 2021 Lee and Thune Introduce Bill to Strengthen National Guard Resources and Readiness Sen. John Thune, ...
April 27, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Sens. Sullivan, Cruz & Colleagues Urge Biden to Address Worsening Southern Border Crisis, End Dangerous Policies that Created It Sen. John Thune, ...
April 23, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Portman, Colleagues Urge Administration to Cease Assistance to UNRWA Until Reforms are Secured Sen. John Thune, ...
April 22, 2021 Rounds, Blackburn Introduce Legislation Preventing Unilateral Deal with Iranian Regime Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 21, 2021 Blackburn Introduces Legislation Preventing Unilateral Deal with Murderous Iranian Regime Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 14, 2021 Tweet - "Conditions at our southern border are dire -- Ds can't deny it, so they're trying to hide it (by blocking press). Pres. Biden & VP should find time to see it. Maybe then they'll make needed policy changes. Until they do, good efforts by @CBP are just band-aids on a cracked hull." Sen. John Thune
April 14, 2021 Border Security Sen. John Thune
April 13, 2021 Tweet - "If Democrats want to make impactful infrastructure investments, how about resuming (already paid for) wall construction at the southern border? Let's start there." Sen. John Thune
April 7, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Tillis, Colleagues Call on President Biden to Pursue Comprehensive Diplomatic Approach Towards Iran Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 6, 2021 House Members Hold Meeting with Federal Maritime Commission on Shipping Delays Impacting Ag Sector Rep. Dusty Johnson
April 5, 2021 Tweet - "Even Democrats agree this is the Biden administration's own crisis to fix. The president can start by reinstating policies that worked and enforcing our border. Border resources are overwhelmed. The president can't afford to wait or ignore this any longer." Sen. John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Heard many stories of kids in dangerous situations b/c this admin made them a loophole to game the system: 5-year-old kids traveling alone, 2-year-olds w/ strangers -- CBP officers see it every day. Mr. President, this is what an open border looks like (special character)" Sen. John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Powerful footage exposing how smugglers/cartels are brazenly exploiting Biden's policies to traffic vulnerable women & children into our country at a profit of over $14 million/ day (special character). You can read about this crisis in the news, but you have to see it to comprehend the magnitude." Sen. John Thune
March 31, 2021 Tweet - "As long as the Biden admin continues to implement policies that give the impression of an open, porous border, people are going to keep flooding into our country." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Being told by CBP that Biden border crisis was totally avoidable if this admin had listened to the warnings of our border experts. Once again, they caved to their political left, and the result is a humanitarian and public safety emergency, which is worsening by the day." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Midnight on the Rio Grande -- visible lights from smugglers on the Mexican side of the border. Hearing stories that these smugglers are charging upwards of $6,000, much of which flows to drug cartels." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "What I'm seeing on the border is harrowing: facilities are dangerously overcrowded, border patrol officers are overwhelmed & under-supported, smugglers (often w/ties to drug cartels) are profiting massively, hundreds of scared kids are on their own." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Strong border security, enforcing immigration laws, stopping asylum abuse, and cracking down on the traffickers and cartels that prey on migrants are among the steps the administration should take to end the Biden border crisis." Sen. John Thune
March 25, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Bipartisan Group of Senators Make Case for Comprehensive Diplomatic Approach Towards Iran in New Letter to President Biden Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 25, 2021 Rounds Introduces Bill Requiring DNA Border Testing to "End Child Trafficking Now' Sen. Mike Rounds
March 25, 2021 Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President of The United States - Crapo Joins Bipartisan Group to Make Case for Comprehensive Diplomatic Approach Toward Iran Sen. John Thune, ...
March 24, 2021 Inhofe Joins All SASC Republicans to Reject Kahl as Under Secretary of Defense For Policy Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 22, 2021 Tweet - "Our immigration system at the southern border is cracking at the seams. We're seeing 20-year record highs in people trying to cross the border because of this admin's actions. That's only going to get worse unless we see a real change in tone & policy from the President." Sen. John Thune
March 18, 2021 Inhofe, Hern, Rounds, Thune, Blackburn, Tillis Introduce Asylum Abuse Reduction Act Sen. John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Daines Pushes to Restart Construction on Southern Border Wall, Slams Biden for Violating the Law over Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Tweet - "Day one in office, President Biden suspended border wall construction that had already been funded by Congress. Beyond being a catalyst for the crisis we're now seeing, it infringes on Congress's constitutional power of the purse." Sen. John Thune
March 17, 2021 Tweet - "This is very concerning. Farmers & ranchers rely on foreign markets to buy their products. The @FMC_gov must get to the bottom of reports that certain ocean carriers are refusing to carry some agriculture products from U.S. ports back to Asia. My letter(Special character) https://thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=57CC3FF1-CBB7-481A-B927-5F6A0E449219" Sen. John Thune
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Hoeven Joins Effort Outlining Unlawful Freezing of Border Wall Funding Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Capito Leads Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Tillis: President Biden Escalated Border Crisis by Illegally Stopping Border Wall Construction Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Toomey: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Senate GOP Call Out Biden Administration for Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "The completely avoidable crisis at the border is the predictable result when you relax enforcement, halt border wall construction, pause deportations & increase admissions. Plainly put, this situation is directly caused by this admin's words & actions. We can't have open borders." Sen. John Thune
March 16, 2021 Following Johnson Request, IHS Strips Convicted Pedophile of Federal Pension Rep. Dusty Johnson
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "Halting border wall construction, reducing enforcement, pausing deportations -- Biden sent the message loud & clear that our border is open. Now we're seeing a predictable crisis of Dems' own making, on pace to break 20-year records." Sen. John Thune
March 15, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Michael A. Khouri, Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission - Davis, Over 100 Members of Congress Send Letter to Address Carriers Declining to Ship U.S. Agriculture Exports from U.S. Ports Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
March 10, 2021 Letter to Hon. Michael Khouri, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission - Over 100 Members of the House Send Letter to Address Carriers Declining to Ship U.S. Agriculture Exports From U.S. Ports Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
March 10, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Senators: Biden Administration Must Impose Sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream II Pipeline Sen. John Thune, ...
March 3, 2021 Tweet - "Pres. Biden canceled #KeystoneXL on day 1, but seems fine with Russia's #NordStream2 pipeline. Congress & the law are clear on sanctions authority--it's time to act. Nord Stream 2 will make Europe more vulnerable to Russia's influence & will be an economic blow to Ukraine." Sen. John Thune
March 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Michael Khouri, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission - Wyden Urges Investigation of Potential Violations by Ocean Carriers Sen. John Thune, ...
March 2, 2021 Letter to Hon. Michael Khouri, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission - Feinstein, Thune, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Investigation of Potential Violations by Ocean Carriers Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 2, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Sens. Cruz, Barrasso, Colleagues: Biden Admin Must Impose Sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Sen. John Thune, ...
March 1, 2021 Thune Reintroduces Bill to Prioritize H-2B Visa Allocation to Low Unemployment States Sen. John Thune
Feb. 26, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Iran Sanctions Resolution Sen. Mike Rounds
Feb. 25, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Rounds and Colleagues Urge President Biden to Withdraw Becerra Sen. Mike Rounds
Date Title Politician
April 29, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Sullivan & 18 Colleagues Urge President to Investigate Allegations Against John Kerry Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 28, 2021 Lee and Thune Introduce Bill to Strengthen National Guard Resources and Readiness Sen.John Thune, ...
April 27, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Sens. Sullivan, Cruz & Colleagues Urge Biden to Address Worsening Southern Border Crisis, End Dangerous Policies that Created It Sen.John Thune, ...
April 23, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Portman, Colleagues Urge Administration to Cease Assistance to UNRWA Until Reforms are Secured Sen.John Thune, ...
April 22, 2021 Rounds, Blackburn Introduce Legislation Preventing Unilateral Deal with Iranian Regime Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 21, 2021 Blackburn Introduces Legislation Preventing Unilateral Deal with Murderous Iranian Regime Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 14, 2021 Tweet - "Conditions at our southern border are dire -- Ds can't deny it, so they're trying to hide it (by blocking press). Pres. Biden & VP should find time to see it. Maybe then they'll make needed policy changes. Until they do, good efforts by @CBP are just band-aids on a cracked hull." Sen.John Thune
April 14, 2021 Border Security Sen.John Thune
April 13, 2021 Tweet - "If Democrats want to make impactful infrastructure investments, how about resuming (already paid for) wall construction at the southern border? Let's start there." Sen.John Thune
April 7, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Tillis, Colleagues Call on President Biden to Pursue Comprehensive Diplomatic Approach Towards Iran Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 6, 2021 House Members Hold Meeting with Federal Maritime Commission on Shipping Delays Impacting Ag Sector Rep.Dusty Johnson
April 5, 2021 Tweet - "Even Democrats agree this is the Biden administration's own crisis to fix. The president can start by reinstating policies that worked and enforcing our border. Border resources are overwhelmed. The president can't afford to wait or ignore this any longer." Sen.John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Heard many stories of kids in dangerous situations b/c this admin made them a loophole to game the system: 5-year-old kids traveling alone, 2-year-olds w/ strangers -- CBP officers see it every day. Mr. President, this is what an open border looks like (special character)" Sen.John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Powerful footage exposing how smugglers/cartels are brazenly exploiting Biden's policies to traffic vulnerable women & children into our country at a profit of over $14 million/ day (special character). You can read about this crisis in the news, but you have to see it to comprehend the magnitude." Sen.John Thune
March 31, 2021 Tweet - "As long as the Biden admin continues to implement policies that give the impression of an open, porous border, people are going to keep flooding into our country." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Being told by CBP that Biden border crisis was totally avoidable if this admin had listened to the warnings of our border experts. Once again, they caved to their political left, and the result is a humanitarian and public safety emergency, which is worsening by the day." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Midnight on the Rio Grande -- visible lights from smugglers on the Mexican side of the border. Hearing stories that these smugglers are charging upwards of $6,000, much of which flows to drug cartels." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "What I'm seeing on the border is harrowing: facilities are dangerously overcrowded, border patrol officers are overwhelmed & under-supported, smugglers (often w/ties to drug cartels) are profiting massively, hundreds of scared kids are on their own." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Strong border security, enforcing immigration laws, stopping asylum abuse, and cracking down on the traffickers and cartels that prey on migrants are among the steps the administration should take to end the Biden border crisis." Sen.John Thune
March 25, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Bipartisan Group of Senators Make Case for Comprehensive Diplomatic Approach Towards Iran in New Letter to President Biden Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 25, 2021 Rounds Introduces Bill Requiring DNA Border Testing to "End Child Trafficking Now' Sen.Mike Rounds
March 25, 2021 Letter to Honorable Joseph R. Biden, President of The United States - Crapo Joins Bipartisan Group to Make Case for Comprehensive Diplomatic Approach Toward Iran Sen.John Thune, ...
March 24, 2021 Inhofe Joins All SASC Republicans to Reject Kahl as Under Secretary of Defense For Policy Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 22, 2021 Tweet - "Our immigration system at the southern border is cracking at the seams. We're seeing 20-year record highs in people trying to cross the border because of this admin's actions. That's only going to get worse unless we see a real change in tone & policy from the President." Sen.John Thune
March 18, 2021 Inhofe, Hern, Rounds, Thune, Blackburn, Tillis Introduce Asylum Abuse Reduction Act Sen.John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Daines Pushes to Restart Construction on Southern Border Wall, Slams Biden for Violating the Law over Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Tweet - "Day one in office, President Biden suspended border wall construction that had already been funded by Congress. Beyond being a catalyst for the crisis we're now seeing, it infringes on Congress's constitutional power of the purse." Sen.John Thune
March 17, 2021 Tweet - "This is very concerning. Farmers & ranchers rely on foreign markets to buy their products. The @FMC_gov must get to the bottom of reports that certain ocean carriers are refusing to carry some agriculture products from U.S. ports back to Asia. My letter(Special character) https://thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=57CC3FF1-CBB7-481A-B927-5F6A0E449219" Sen.John Thune
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Hoeven Joins Effort Outlining Unlawful Freezing of Border Wall Funding Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Capito Leads Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Tillis: President Biden Escalated Border Crisis by Illegally Stopping Border Wall Construction Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Toomey: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Senate GOP Call Out Biden Administration for Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "The completely avoidable crisis at the border is the predictable result when you relax enforcement, halt border wall construction, pause deportations & increase admissions. Plainly put, this situation is directly caused by this admin's words & actions. We can't have open borders." Sen.John Thune
March 16, 2021 Following Johnson Request, IHS Strips Convicted Pedophile of Federal Pension Rep.Dusty Johnson
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "Halting border wall construction, reducing enforcement, pausing deportations -- Biden sent the message loud & clear that our border is open. Now we're seeing a predictable crisis of Dems' own making, on pace to break 20-year records." Sen.John Thune
March 15, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Michael A. Khouri, Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission - Davis, Over 100 Members of Congress Send Letter to Address Carriers Declining to Ship U.S. Agriculture Exports from U.S. Ports Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
March 10, 2021 Letter to Hon. Michael Khouri, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission - Over 100 Members of the House Send Letter to Address Carriers Declining to Ship U.S. Agriculture Exports From U.S. Ports Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
March 10, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Senators: Biden Administration Must Impose Sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream II Pipeline Sen.John Thune, ...
March 3, 2021 Tweet - "Pres. Biden canceled #KeystoneXL on day 1, but seems fine with Russia's #NordStream2 pipeline. Congress & the law are clear on sanctions authority--it's time to act. Nord Stream 2 will make Europe more vulnerable to Russia's influence & will be an economic blow to Ukraine." Sen.John Thune
March 3, 2021 Letter to Hon. Michael Khouri, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission - Wyden Urges Investigation of Potential Violations by Ocean Carriers Sen.John Thune, ...
March 2, 2021 Letter to Hon. Michael Khouri, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission - Feinstein, Thune, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Investigation of Potential Violations by Ocean Carriers Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 2, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States - Sens. Cruz, Barrasso, Colleagues: Biden Admin Must Impose Sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Sen.John Thune, ...
March 1, 2021 Thune Reintroduces Bill to Prioritize H-2B Visa Allocation to Low Unemployment States Sen.John Thune
Feb. 26, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Iran Sanctions Resolution Sen.Mike Rounds
Feb. 25, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Rounds and Colleagues Urge President Biden to Withdraw Becerra Sen.Mike Rounds
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