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Aug. 10, 2021 Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Senator Fischer Joins Republican Colleagues Pledging to Not Raise the Debt Ceiling Sen. John Thune, ...
Aug. 10, 2021 Tweet - "I support investments in our nation's infrastructure, but I can't support a bill that will dramatically increase the national debt & financially burden our children & grandchildren." Sen. John Thune
Aug. 8, 2021 Tweet - "My @FoxNews op-ed on how Democrats are planning to pay for part of their reckless tax-and-spending spree with a double death tax on family farms and businesses." Sen. John Thune
Aug. 4, 2021 Tweet - "Dems are refusing to learn from their mistakes. Inflation is skyrocketing, & Americans are paying higher prices after Dems' wild spending spree earlier this year. Now they want to spend $3.5 trillion MORE. Do they know this is taxpayers' hard-earned money -- not monopoly money?" Sen. John Thune
July 30, 2021 Letter to Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Representative Angie Craig, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Take Additional Steps to Support Small and Regional Meat & Poultry Processing Facilities Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
July 22, 2021 Thune, Schatz, Tester, Moran Applaud Senate for Passing Bill to Make Annual Veteran Cost-of-Living Adjustment Sen. John Thune
July 21, 2021 Senators' Statement on Infrastructure Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Native Housing Funding Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Reintroduce the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 24, 2021 Rounds, Smith Introduce Bipartisan Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 17, 2021 Johnson, O'halleran Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Rapid City Metropolitan Status Rep. Dusty Johnson
June 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Sen. Marshall Calls for Increased Funding for Kansas Law Enforcement Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 16, 2021 Tweet - "If your bill seems higher these days, you aren't imagining it. Inflation is at its highest level in nearly 13 yrs. Experts agree that Democrats' big-government spending spree is contributing, but Democrats aren't listening & the big $$ proposals keep rolling in." Sen. John Thune
June 15, 2021 Government Spending Sen. John Thune
June 15, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Senator Baldwin Pushes SBA to Speed Up Relief to Struggling Live Event Venues Sen. John Thune, ...
June 15, 2021 Tweet - "It doesn't take an economic expert to see what this chart clearly shows. Since Ds have taken control in Washington, the price of everything from bikes to bacon has shot up. Ds need to take a hard look at what their policies are doing to the economy & stop forcing wild spending." Sen. John Thune
June 1, 2021 Letter to Hon. Patrick Leahy, Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee and Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Warner Joins 35 Colleagues in Requesting Full Funding for the PILT Program Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
May 28, 2021 Tweet - "A presidential budget is a blueprint for the priorities he'd like to see enacted. The fact that the Hyde amendment was not included in Joe Biden's budget says all you need to know about how he views the pro-life movement." Sen. John Thune
May 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Bernie Sanders, Chairman of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. Lindsey Graham, Ranking Member of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. John Yarmuth, Chairman of House Budget Committee, and Hon. Jason Smith, Ranking Member of House Budget Committee - Sen. Lee, Rep. Cloud Request Debt Servicing Costs Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
May 18, 2021 Tweet - "In states like South Dakota, unemployment rates are low, vaccination rates are strong, & schools are open. We're ready for the rest of the country to catch up, but Pres. Biden's policies are hamstringing our economic recovery -- driving prices up & hiring down." Sen. John Thune
May 12, 2021 Tweet - "South Dakota made the right call by soon ending the Democrats' extra $300 in unemployment benefits. We have one of the strongest workforces in America. For those who are still unemployed, we need to incentivize them to find a job, and the Democrats' policy did just the opposite." Sen. John Thune
May 11, 2021 Tweet - "Today's BLS report showed there were 8.1 million job openings in March, so why were only 266,000 new jobs added in April? Because many Americans are earning more on unemployment than they could in the workforce." Sen. John Thune
May 11, 2021 Tweet - "You don't need an economics degree to figure this one out. Job openings are there, but Americans are discouraged from getting a job when they're making more on unemployment. Republicans warned this would happen, but Ds still demanded the federal govt plus-up states' UI benefits." Sen. John Thune
May 11, 2021 Tweet - "I'm hearing the same thing from small businesses in South Dakota. They have job openings and are offering competitive wages and even some bonus benefits, but they just can't find workers because of unemployment benefits." 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 21, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Sinema, Kelly Urge Administration to Quickly Fix Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for Arizona Entertainment Businesses Sen. John Thune, ...
April 20, 2021 Infrastructure Sen. John Thune
April 20, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Address America's Budget Crisis Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 20, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan TRUST Act Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 19, 2021 Letter to Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of Small Business Administration - Cantwell, Colleagues Send Letter to Small Business Administration Urging Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Application Portal, Highlighting Critical Needs of Venues Sen. John Thune, ...
April 19, 2021 Thune, Crapo, and Cornyn Introduce Legislation to Incentivize Individuals to Return to the Workforce Sen. John Thune
April 15, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cassidy, 100 Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Retain the Protect Life Rule on Title X Funding Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 7, 2021 Capito Joins Group of 10 Republican Senators in Releasing Joint Statement in Response to Comments from President Biden Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 5, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cassidy, Republican Senators Demand Investigation into PPP Loans to Planned Parenthoodq Sen. John Thune, ...
April 3, 2021 Tweet - "The March jobs report is resounding evidence that, under @HouseDemocrats & @POTUS, Help Is Here. Over 100M vaccine doses & 100M checks have been delivered and nearly $1 trillion are being put in workers' pockets by the life-saving #AmericanRescuePlan." Sen. John Thune
March 24, 2021 Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Feenstra Leads Colleagues in Urging Secretary Vilsack to Unfreeze CFAP, Provide Authorized Assistance for Biofuels Producers Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
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 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
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 10, 2021 Tweet - "House just passed Dems' absurdly expensive "COVID relief" bill. Wait until Americans see what's really in the bill: -Blue-state bailouts -Checks to illegal immigrants & prisoners -Huge welfare state expansion -Post-pandemic spending + more goodies for special interest groups" Sen. John Thune
March 10, 2021 Tweet - "To be clear, Dems didn't even try to make their $1.9 trillion bill bipartisan. @SenateGOP was more than willing to work w/ Dems -- as we have on *all* the other COVID bills (passed under a GOP majority). Now Dems have the reins & they aren't interested in bipartisanship." Sen. John Thune
March 10, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Sen. John Thune
March 10, 2021 Tweet - "The $1.9 trillion bill being billed by Dems as "COVID relief" is a bad bill. Sadly, it will likely become law -- without any meaningful input/support from Republicans or the millions of Americans we represent. @SenateGOP even tried to improve the bill. Some changes Dems rejected:" Sen. John Thune
March 8, 2021 Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Grassley, Klobuchar Lead Colleagues In Calling On USDA To Assist Biofuels Industry Sen. John Thune, ...
March 6, 2021 Thune Rejects Partisan and Wasteful Spending Package Sen. John Thune
March 6, 2021 Rounds Opposes Democrats' $1.9 Trillion Spending Bill Sen. Mike Rounds
March 6, 2021 Tweet - "Senate Democrats just managed to pass their bloated spending bill disguised as "COVID relief.' This is the first COVID bill to be entirely partisan because it isn't designed to help end the pandemic -- it's a blatant attempt from Dems to jam through a partisan wish list." Sen. John Thune
March 4, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Sen. John Thune
March 4, 2021 Tweet - "Congress has already passed the largest spending bill in history to combat COVID. Much of that spending was necessary to help Americans through it & support our economy in the long term. But we don't need to spend $1.9 trillion MORE -- it's downright irresponsible." Sen. John Thune
March 3, 2021 Tweet - "The GOP-led Senate passed five BIPARTISAN bills to help Americans through COVID. Now that Dems have a razor-thin majority, they're jamming through a wasteful, self-proclaimed "progressive," completely partisan bill with ZERO bipartisan support. Where's the unity, President Biden?" Sen. John Thune
Date Title Politician
Aug. 10, 2021 Letter to Our Fellow Americans - Senator Fischer Joins Republican Colleagues Pledging to Not Raise the Debt Ceiling Sen.John Thune, ...
Aug. 10, 2021 Tweet - "I support investments in our nation's infrastructure, but I can't support a bill that will dramatically increase the national debt & financially burden our children & grandchildren." Sen.John Thune
Aug. 8, 2021 Tweet - "My @FoxNews op-ed on how Democrats are planning to pay for part of their reckless tax-and-spending spree with a double death tax on family farms and businesses." Sen.John Thune
Aug. 4, 2021 Tweet - "Dems are refusing to learn from their mistakes. Inflation is skyrocketing, & Americans are paying higher prices after Dems' wild spending spree earlier this year. Now they want to spend $3.5 trillion MORE. Do they know this is taxpayers' hard-earned money -- not monopoly money?" Sen.John Thune
July 30, 2021 Letter to Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Representative Angie Craig, Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Take Additional Steps to Support Small and Regional Meat & Poultry Processing Facilities Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
July 22, 2021 Thune, Schatz, Tester, Moran Applaud Senate for Passing Bill to Make Annual Veteran Cost-of-Living Adjustment Sen.John Thune
July 21, 2021 Senators' Statement on Infrastructure Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Native Housing Funding Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 13, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Reintroduce the Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 24, 2021 Rounds, Smith Introduce Bipartisan Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 17, 2021 Johnson, O'halleran Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Rapid City Metropolitan Status Rep.Dusty Johnson
June 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Sen. Marshall Calls for Increased Funding for Kansas Law Enforcement Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 16, 2021 Tweet - "If your bill seems higher these days, you aren't imagining it. Inflation is at its highest level in nearly 13 yrs. Experts agree that Democrats' big-government spending spree is contributing, but Democrats aren't listening & the big $$ proposals keep rolling in." Sen.John Thune
June 15, 2021 Government Spending Sen.John Thune
June 15, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Senator Baldwin Pushes SBA to Speed Up Relief to Struggling Live Event Venues Sen.John Thune, ...
June 15, 2021 Tweet - "It doesn't take an economic expert to see what this chart clearly shows. Since Ds have taken control in Washington, the price of everything from bikes to bacon has shot up. Ds need to take a hard look at what their policies are doing to the economy & stop forcing wild spending." Sen.John Thune
June 1, 2021 Letter to Hon. Patrick Leahy, Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee and Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chairman of Senate Appropriations Committee - Warner Joins 35 Colleagues in Requesting Full Funding for the PILT Program Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
May 28, 2021 Tweet - "A presidential budget is a blueprint for the priorities he'd like to see enacted. The fact that the Hyde amendment was not included in Joe Biden's budget says all you need to know about how he views the pro-life movement." Sen.John Thune
May 21, 2021 Letter to Hon. Bernie Sanders, Chairman of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. Lindsey Graham, Ranking Member of Senate Budget Committee, Hon. John Yarmuth, Chairman of House Budget Committee, and Hon. Jason Smith, Ranking Member of House Budget Committee - Sen. Lee, Rep. Cloud Request Debt Servicing Costs Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
May 18, 2021 Tweet - "In states like South Dakota, unemployment rates are low, vaccination rates are strong, & schools are open. We're ready for the rest of the country to catch up, but Pres. Biden's policies are hamstringing our economic recovery -- driving prices up & hiring down." Sen.John Thune
May 12, 2021 Tweet - "South Dakota made the right call by soon ending the Democrats' extra $300 in unemployment benefits. We have one of the strongest workforces in America. For those who are still unemployed, we need to incentivize them to find a job, and the Democrats' policy did just the opposite." Sen.John Thune
May 11, 2021 Tweet - "Today's BLS report showed there were 8.1 million job openings in March, so why were only 266,000 new jobs added in April? Because many Americans are earning more on unemployment than they could in the workforce." Sen.John Thune
May 11, 2021 Tweet - "You don't need an economics degree to figure this one out. Job openings are there, but Americans are discouraged from getting a job when they're making more on unemployment. Republicans warned this would happen, but Ds still demanded the federal govt plus-up states' UI benefits." Sen.John Thune
May 11, 2021 Tweet - "I'm hearing the same thing from small businesses in South Dakota. They have job openings and are offering competitive wages and even some bonus benefits, but they just can't find workers because of unemployment benefits." 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 21, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Sinema, Kelly Urge Administration to Quickly Fix Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for Arizona Entertainment Businesses Sen.John Thune, ...
April 20, 2021 Infrastructure Sen.John Thune
April 20, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Address America's Budget Crisis Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 20, 2021 Rounds, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan TRUST Act Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 19, 2021 Letter to Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of Small Business Administration - Cantwell, Colleagues Send Letter to Small Business Administration Urging Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Application Portal, Highlighting Critical Needs of Venues Sen.John Thune, ...
April 19, 2021 Thune, Crapo, and Cornyn Introduce Legislation to Incentivize Individuals to Return to the Workforce Sen.John Thune
April 15, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States, and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Cassidy, 100 Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Retain the Protect Life Rule on Title X Funding Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 7, 2021 Capito Joins Group of 10 Republican Senators in Releasing Joint Statement in Response to Comments from President Biden Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 5, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Cassidy, Republican Senators Demand Investigation into PPP Loans to Planned Parenthoodq Sen.John Thune, ...
April 3, 2021 Tweet - "The March jobs report is resounding evidence that, under @HouseDemocrats & @POTUS, Help Is Here. Over 100M vaccine doses & 100M checks have been delivered and nearly $1 trillion are being put in workers' pockets by the life-saving #AmericanRescuePlan." Sen.John Thune
March 24, 2021 Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture - Feenstra Leads Colleagues in Urging Secretary Vilsack to Unfreeze CFAP, Provide Authorized Assistance for Biofuels Producers Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
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 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
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 10, 2021 Tweet - "House just passed Dems' absurdly expensive "COVID relief" bill. Wait until Americans see what's really in the bill: -Blue-state bailouts -Checks to illegal immigrants & prisoners -Huge welfare state expansion -Post-pandemic spending + more goodies for special interest groups" Sen.John Thune
March 10, 2021 Tweet - "To be clear, Dems didn't even try to make their $1.9 trillion bill bipartisan. @SenateGOP was more than willing to work w/ Dems -- as we have on *all* the other COVID bills (passed under a GOP majority). Now Dems have the reins & they aren't interested in bipartisanship." Sen.John Thune
March 10, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Sen.John Thune
March 10, 2021 Tweet - "The $1.9 trillion bill being billed by Dems as "COVID relief" is a bad bill. Sadly, it will likely become law -- without any meaningful input/support from Republicans or the millions of Americans we represent. @SenateGOP even tried to improve the bill. Some changes Dems rejected:" Sen.John Thune
March 8, 2021 Letter to Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Grassley, Klobuchar Lead Colleagues In Calling On USDA To Assist Biofuels Industry Sen.John Thune, ...
March 6, 2021 Thune Rejects Partisan and Wasteful Spending Package Sen.John Thune
March 6, 2021 Rounds Opposes Democrats' $1.9 Trillion Spending Bill Sen.Mike Rounds
March 6, 2021 Tweet - "Senate Democrats just managed to pass their bloated spending bill disguised as "COVID relief.' This is the first COVID bill to be entirely partisan because it isn't designed to help end the pandemic -- it's a blatant attempt from Dems to jam through a partisan wish list." Sen.John Thune
March 4, 2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Sen.John Thune
March 4, 2021 Tweet - "Congress has already passed the largest spending bill in history to combat COVID. Much of that spending was necessary to help Americans through it & support our economy in the long term. But we don't need to spend $1.9 trillion MORE -- it's downright irresponsible." Sen.John Thune
March 3, 2021 Tweet - "The GOP-led Senate passed five BIPARTISAN bills to help Americans through COVID. Now that Dems have a razor-thin majority, they're jamming through a wasteful, self-proclaimed "progressive," completely partisan bill with ZERO bipartisan support. Where's the unity, President Biden?" Sen.John Thune
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