WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered the following prepared remarks at today’s “Delivering Better Health Care Value to Consumers: The First Three Years of the Medical Loss Ratio” hearing: I would like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Charles Schumer (D-New York), John Thune (R-South Dakota), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler urging him “to maximize the amount of spectrum that is reintroduced into the market, as well as the revenue that will be realized in the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senate Republican leaders, including Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), Conference Chairman and Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee John Thune (R-South Dakota), Policy Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), Conference Vice Chairman Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kansas), today sent a letter to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered the following prepared remarks at today’s “Surface Transportation Reauthorization: Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps” hearing: Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing today. I would like to welcome Secretary Foxx back to the committee. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) led 42 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler calling on the FCC to implement a policy change that permits Universal Service […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered the following prepared remarks at today’s “Transportation Security Administration Oversight: Confronting America’s Transportation Security Challenges” hearing: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this oversight hearing on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This is the first […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today praised the committee’s approval of their legislation to better prepare for propane and heating fuel shortages and regional supply disruptions. A slightly modified version of Thune and Klobuchar’s Reliable Home Heating Act (S. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, delivered the following prepared remarks at today’s Executive Session: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, we will consider a number of important measures today. Understandably, much of the attention has been on the advanced manufacturing and forensic science […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, submitted for the record the following prepared remarks at today’s full committee hearing on the nominations of Vice Admiral Paul Zukunft to be Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and Elliot Kaye and Joseph Mohorovic to be […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, commended the members of the European Parliament on their decision to extend the moratorium on aviation emission taxes from being collected on flights into and out of the European Union (EU) through 2016. “This action by the European […]