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Dec. 30, 2022
Thune Statement on Biden Administration's Over-Reaching WOTUS Rule
Sen. John Thune
Dec. 21, 2022
Tweet - "Oversight of how federal broadband dollars are being spent is necessary to ensure that agencies aren't mishandling billions of taxpayer dollars and, most importantly, to make sure the funding is going to areas that are actually unserved."
Sen. John Thune
Dec. 13, 2022
Thune Discusses His Broadband Oversight Effort, Presses Agencies to Cut Bureaucratic Red Tape for Broadband Infrastructure
Sen. John Thune
Dec. 7, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Thune Urges President Biden to Be Honest About Real-World Costs of Climate Agenda
Sen. John Thune, ...
Dec. 7, 2022
Letter to Lauren McFerran, Chair of the National Labor Relations Board - NLRB's Massive Overreach Stymies American Businesses
Sen. John Thune, ...
Dec. 1, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Wyden, Crapo and Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Members Raise Concerns about Process to Approve and Implement Indo-Pacific Trade Pact and Other Trade Agreements
Sen. John Thune, ...
Nov. 29, 2022
Tweet - "Senate Republicans have real solutions to strengthen IRS oversight and create greater transparency for American taxpayers. I sincerely hope that Senate Dems will decide to join us in these efforts. There's no reason not to."
Sen. John Thune
Nov. 18, 2022
Johnson, Lummis, Stanton Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Highway Permitting Reform Legislation
Rep. Dusty Johnson
Nov. 16, 2022
Thune, Grassley Lead Republican Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Hold the IRS More Accountable
Sen. John Thune, ...
Nov. 1, 2022
Thune, Grassley Will Introduce Legislation to Hold the IRS More Accountable
Sen. John Thune, ...
Oct. 20, 2022
Letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Grassley, Finance Committee Republicans To GAO: IRS Needs Unbiased, Robust Oversight For Massive Funding Boost
Sen. John Thune, ...
Oct. 20, 2022
Letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Lankford, Finance Committee Republicans: IRS Needs Unbiased Oversight of Enormous Funding Boost
Sen. John Thune, ...
Oct. 13, 2022
Letter to Stephanie Pollack, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration - Hoeven Joins Colleagues to Protect State Dots, Push Back on Burdensome & Overreaching Mandates
Sen. John Thune, ...
Oct. 1, 2022
Letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Thompson & Comer Lead Letter to Gao Regarding Foreign Investments in U.s. Farmland
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Tweet - "Providing for a strong national defense, a reliable energy supply, and a functioning economy are among the president's most basic responsibilities. @POTUS is failing in every department."
Sen. John Thune
Sept. 22, 2022
Letter to Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Cassidy, Finance Committee Republicans Urge IRS to Use Massive Funding Boost to Fix Numerous Existing Problems
Sen. John Thune, ...
Sept. 20, 2022
Johnson, Spanberger Introduce Bipartisan Bill Requiring Members of Congress to Electronically File Public Financial Disclosures
Rep. Dusty Johnson
Sept. 14, 2022
Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services - Wicker, Hyde-smith, Colleagues Say Unprecedented Drug Price Control Scheme Threatens Innovation, Future Drug Costs
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
Sept. 13, 2022
Thune, Collins Introduce Bill to Hold the IRS Accountable, Protect Taxpayers
Sen. John Thune, ...
Aug. 31, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Clyde Urges Delay of USDA Poultry Line Speed Waiver Rule
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
Aug. 26, 2022
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Webster Calls on Pelosi to hold Biden Accountable for Overreach
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
Aug. 17, 2022
Letter to Marty Walsh, Secretary of Labor, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Feinstein, Merkley, Colleagues Push for Long-Term Solutions Regarding Wildfire Response Challenges, Worker Shortage
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
Aug. 17, 2022
Letter to Jessica Rosenworcel, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Inhofe, Reed Lead Colleagues In Urging FCC to Stay and Reconsider Order Granting Ligado Applications
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
Aug. 12, 2022
Johnson Statement on Partisan Reconciliation Bill
Rep. Dusty Johnson
Aug. 9, 2022
Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve - Sen. Cramer, Banking Republicans Blast the Federal Reserve After New Reports Indicate It Withheld Documents from Congress
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
Aug. 7, 2022
Tweet - "Just successfully blocked Democrat leadership's attempt to sneak a tax hike on already struggling small businesses into their reckless tax-and-spending bill. Glad a majority of my colleagues saw the harm this tax would cause and passed my amendment."
Sen. John Thune
Aug. 5, 2022
Letter to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Lankford, Cramer Press Interior to Implement Permitting Reform
Sen. John Thune, ...
Aug. 5, 2022
Tweet - "What does the misleadingly named "Inflation Reduction Act" actually do? Raises taxes during a recession, doubles the size of the IRS, spends more taxpayer dollars, and does nothing to meaningfully address inflation or high energy costs."
Sen. John Thune
Aug. 3, 2022
Tweet - "A few names for Dems' so-called "Inflation Reduction Act" if they were being honest with Americans: - Higher Taxes Act - Worsening Inflation Act - Audit American Families Act - Green New Deal Lite"
Sen. John Thune
Aug. 3, 2022
Senators Praise Enhanced Spectrum Coordination Between NTIA and FCC
Sen. John Thune, ...
July 28, 2022
Letter to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Oversight Republicans, Western Caucus Rebuke Interior, EPA for Incentivizing "Sue and Settle" Agreements
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
July 21, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Rounds, Thune and Johnson Urge Biden to Grant Disaster Declaration Following June Storms
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 21, 2022
Letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission - Scott, Banking Republicans Criticize Gensler for Stonewalling Congressional Inquiry Into SEC's Proposed Climate Rul
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 18, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Newhouse Calls on USDA to Enforce Laws, Disclose Chinese and Other Foreign Purchases of Farmland
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
July 13, 2022
Letter to Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Concerns Regarding Claim that SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Will Impact Military Readiness
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 8, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Rubio, Colleagues Call On Merrick Garland To Stop Sending Federal Funds To Partisan Organizations
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 5, 2022
Tweet - "Thanks to Bowdle Mayor Rick Boschee for the hospitality today. We toured the town, including Beadle Auto and Bowdle Healthcare Center."
Sen. John Thune
June 27, 2022
Capito Joint Statement on Agreement to End Va Air Commission
Sen. John Thune, ...
June 24, 2022
Thune Statement on Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Sen. John Thune
June 16, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Thune, Rounds, Johnson Urge Biden to Grant Much-Needed Disaster Relief for Severe Storms
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2022
Letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission - Banking Republicans Request SEC Records on Proposed Climate Disclosure Rule
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2022
Tweet - "In the 2020 election, Google filtered nearly 70% of GOP candidates' emails into spam folders. What about Democrat candidates? Only 8% of Dem emails were sent to spam. This is clear, quantifiable political bias from Big Tech. Unacceptable & anti-democratic."
Sen. John Thune
June 8, 2022
Tweet - "U.S. Supreme Court justices are dedicated public servants. Whether or not you share their philosophy or support their rulings, we should all agree that violent threats against their lives are wholly unacceptable. Democrats should unequivocally condemn this behavior."
Sen. John Thune
June 7, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Moran, Colleagues in Demanding Answers from DOJ on Efforts to Protect Pro-Life Groups from Violence
Sen. John Thune, ...
May 26, 2022
Letter to Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Finance Committee Republicans Raise Questions, Concerns with Disturbing IRS Document Destruction
Sen. John Thune, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services - Lankford, Bicameral Members Want Immediate Check On Claims Of Fetal Tissue Research at University of Pittsburgh
Sen. John Thune, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Finance Committee Republicans: IRS Should Speed Up Paper Returns Process
Sen. John Thune, ...
May 10, 2022
Letter to the Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Womack, Lawmakers Demand Answers on DHS "Disinformation Governance Board
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
May 5, 2022
Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security - Bice Sends Letter Demanding Answers on DHS 'Disinformation Governance Board'
Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
May 3, 2022
Rounds Issues Statement on Leaked Supreme Court Draft Decision
Sen. Mike Rounds
Date
Title
Politician
Dec. 30, 2022
Thune Statement on Biden Administration's Over-Reaching WOTUS Rule
Sen.John Thune
Dec. 21, 2022
Tweet - "Oversight of how federal broadband dollars are being spent is necessary to ensure that agencies aren't mishandling billions of taxpayer dollars and, most importantly, to make sure the funding is going to areas that are actually unserved."
Sen.John Thune
Dec. 13, 2022
Thune Discusses His Broadband Oversight Effort, Presses Agencies to Cut Bureaucratic Red Tape for Broadband Infrastructure
Sen.John Thune
Dec. 7, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Thune Urges President Biden to Be Honest About Real-World Costs of Climate Agenda
Sen.John Thune, ...
Dec. 7, 2022
Letter to Lauren McFerran, Chair of the National Labor Relations Board - NLRB's Massive Overreach Stymies American Businesses
Sen.John Thune, ...
Dec. 1, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Wyden, Crapo and Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Members Raise Concerns about Process to Approve and Implement Indo-Pacific Trade Pact and Other Trade Agreements
Sen.John Thune, ...
Nov. 29, 2022
Tweet - "Senate Republicans have real solutions to strengthen IRS oversight and create greater transparency for American taxpayers. I sincerely hope that Senate Dems will decide to join us in these efforts. There's no reason not to."
Sen.John Thune
Nov. 18, 2022
Johnson, Lummis, Stanton Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Highway Permitting Reform Legislation
Rep.Dusty Johnson
Nov. 16, 2022
Thune, Grassley Lead Republican Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Hold the IRS More Accountable
Sen.John Thune, ...
Nov. 1, 2022
Thune, Grassley Will Introduce Legislation to Hold the IRS More Accountable
Sen.John Thune, ...
Oct. 20, 2022
Letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Grassley, Finance Committee Republicans To GAO: IRS Needs Unbiased, Robust Oversight For Massive Funding Boost
Sen.John Thune, ...
Oct. 20, 2022
Letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Lankford, Finance Committee Republicans: IRS Needs Unbiased Oversight of Enormous Funding Boost
Sen.John Thune, ...
Oct. 13, 2022
Letter to Stephanie Pollack, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration - Hoeven Joins Colleagues to Protect State Dots, Push Back on Burdensome & Overreaching Mandates
Sen.John Thune, ...
Oct. 1, 2022
Letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Thompson & Comer Lead Letter to Gao Regarding Foreign Investments in U.s. Farmland
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
Sept. 29, 2022
Tweet - "Providing for a strong national defense, a reliable energy supply, and a functioning economy are among the president's most basic responsibilities. @POTUS is failing in every department."
Sen.John Thune
Sept. 22, 2022
Letter to Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Cassidy, Finance Committee Republicans Urge IRS to Use Massive Funding Boost to Fix Numerous Existing Problems
Sen.John Thune, ...
Sept. 20, 2022
Johnson, Spanberger Introduce Bipartisan Bill Requiring Members of Congress to Electronically File Public Financial Disclosures
Rep.Dusty Johnson
Sept. 14, 2022
Letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services - Wicker, Hyde-smith, Colleagues Say Unprecedented Drug Price Control Scheme Threatens Innovation, Future Drug Costs
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
Sept. 13, 2022
Thune, Collins Introduce Bill to Hold the IRS Accountable, Protect Taxpayers
Sen.John Thune, ...
Aug. 31, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Rep. Clyde Urges Delay of USDA Poultry Line Speed Waiver Rule
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
Aug. 26, 2022
Letter to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Webster Calls on Pelosi to hold Biden Accountable for Overreach
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
Aug. 17, 2022
Letter to Marty Walsh, Secretary of Labor, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Feinstein, Merkley, Colleagues Push for Long-Term Solutions Regarding Wildfire Response Challenges, Worker Shortage
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
Aug. 17, 2022
Letter to Jessica Rosenworcel, Chair of the Federal Communications Commission - Inhofe, Reed Lead Colleagues In Urging FCC to Stay and Reconsider Order Granting Ligado Applications
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
Aug. 12, 2022
Johnson Statement on Partisan Reconciliation Bill
Rep.Dusty Johnson
Aug. 9, 2022
Letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve - Sen. Cramer, Banking Republicans Blast the Federal Reserve After New Reports Indicate It Withheld Documents from Congress
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
Aug. 7, 2022
Tweet - "Just successfully blocked Democrat leadership's attempt to sneak a tax hike on already struggling small businesses into their reckless tax-and-spending bill. Glad a majority of my colleagues saw the harm this tax would cause and passed my amendment."
Sen.John Thune
Aug. 5, 2022
Letter to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Lankford, Cramer Press Interior to Implement Permitting Reform
Sen.John Thune, ...
Aug. 5, 2022
Tweet - "What does the misleadingly named "Inflation Reduction Act" actually do? Raises taxes during a recession, doubles the size of the IRS, spends more taxpayer dollars, and does nothing to meaningfully address inflation or high energy costs."
Sen.John Thune
Aug. 3, 2022
Tweet - "A few names for Dems' so-called "Inflation Reduction Act" if they were being honest with Americans: - Higher Taxes Act - Worsening Inflation Act - Audit American Families Act - Green New Deal Lite"
Sen.John Thune
Aug. 3, 2022
Senators Praise Enhanced Spectrum Coordination Between NTIA and FCC
Sen.John Thune, ...
July 28, 2022
Letter to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Oversight Republicans, Western Caucus Rebuke Interior, EPA for Incentivizing "Sue and Settle" Agreements
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
July 21, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Rounds, Thune and Johnson Urge Biden to Grant Disaster Declaration Following June Storms
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 21, 2022
Letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission - Scott, Banking Republicans Criticize Gensler for Stonewalling Congressional Inquiry Into SEC's Proposed Climate Rul
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 18, 2022
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Newhouse Calls on USDA to Enforce Laws, Disclose Chinese and Other Foreign Purchases of Farmland
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
July 13, 2022
Letter to Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Concerns Regarding Claim that SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Will Impact Military Readiness
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 8, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Rubio, Colleagues Call On Merrick Garland To Stop Sending Federal Funds To Partisan Organizations
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 5, 2022
Tweet - "Thanks to Bowdle Mayor Rick Boschee for the hospitality today. We toured the town, including Beadle Auto and Bowdle Healthcare Center."
Sen.John Thune
June 27, 2022
Capito Joint Statement on Agreement to End Va Air Commission
Sen.John Thune, ...
June 24, 2022
Thune Statement on Supreme Court's Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Sen.John Thune
June 16, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Thune, Rounds, Johnson Urge Biden to Grant Much-Needed Disaster Relief for Severe Storms
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2022
Letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission - Banking Republicans Request SEC Records on Proposed Climate Disclosure Rule
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2022
Tweet - "In the 2020 election, Google filtered nearly 70% of GOP candidates' emails into spam folders. What about Democrat candidates? Only 8% of Dem emails were sent to spam. This is clear, quantifiable political bias from Big Tech. Unacceptable & anti-democratic."
Sen.John Thune
June 8, 2022
Tweet - "U.S. Supreme Court justices are dedicated public servants. Whether or not you share their philosophy or support their rulings, we should all agree that violent threats against their lives are wholly unacceptable. Democrats should unequivocally condemn this behavior."
Sen.John Thune
June 7, 2022
Letter to Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States - Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Moran, Colleagues in Demanding Answers from DOJ on Efforts to Protect Pro-Life Groups from Violence
Sen.John Thune, ...
May 26, 2022
Letter to Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Finance Committee Republicans Raise Questions, Concerns with Disturbing IRS Document Destruction
Sen.John Thune, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Christi Grimm, Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services - Lankford, Bicameral Members Want Immediate Check On Claims Of Fetal Tissue Research at University of Pittsburgh
Sen.John Thune, ...
May 24, 2022
Letter to Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service - Finance Committee Republicans: IRS Should Speed Up Paper Returns Process
Sen.John Thune, ...
May 10, 2022
Letter to the Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Womack, Lawmakers Demand Answers on DHS "Disinformation Governance Board
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
May 5, 2022
Letter to Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security - Bice Sends Letter Demanding Answers on DHS 'Disinformation Governance Board'
Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
May 3, 2022
Rounds Issues Statement on Leaked Supreme Court Draft Decision
Sen.Mike Rounds
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