SIOUX FALLS, SD—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today made the following statement on the president’s call for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 to craft additional net neutrality regulations: “The president’s call for the FCC […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) and John Thune (R-SD), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today issued the following statement following the Committee passage of the Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act (STAVRA): “We are pleased that the committee today advanced the Satellite […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Senators John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV) and Senator John Thune (R-SD), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will soon introduce the Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2014. The bill aims to improve the Surface Transportation Board (STB) by making it more efficient and accessible. The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered the following prepared remarks at today’s, “Cramming on Wireless Phone Bills: A Review of Consumer Protection Practices and Gaps” hearing: I would like to thank Chairman Rockefeller for holding this hearing to discuss unauthorized charges on […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, questioned top executives at General Motors (GM) and Delphi about their failures resulting in the GM ignition switch recall at today’s Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance Subcommittee hearing. “GM has admitted, via a consent order that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, today applauded the U.S. House of Representative’s broad bipartisan approval of the companion bill to his Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act (S. 1431), which he introduced with Senator Ron […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Chair of the Joint Economic Committee and a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, led a bipartisan group of 32 senators in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today made the following statement on the upcoming July 11th Federal Communication Commission (FCC) vote on reforms proposed by Chairman Wheeler to E-Rate, a program intended to support communications services for schools and libraries nationwide: “Since Chairman […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered the following prepared remarks at today’s “Promoting the Well-Being and Academic Success of College Athletes” hearing: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing to examine the current state of collegiate athletics, and I appreciate our […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today delivered a speech to the Free State Foundation on the need for policymakers to update communications and Internet policy to meet the needs of an evolving digital world. Thune delivered the following remarks as prepared: Video […]