WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, ahead of tomorrow’s start of the 38th session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) assembly, sent a letter opposing the misguided European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to Duane Woerth, Ambassador to the U.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 full committee hearing on the nominations of Terrell McSweeny to the Federal Trade Commission and Michael O’Rielly to the Federal Communications Commission: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today reacted to the president’s formal nomination of Michael O’Rielly to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). “I first had an opportunity to get to know Mike while he was an analyst at the Republican Policy […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, along with Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Mark Pryor (D-AR) today introduced the bipartisan Positive Train Control (PTC) Extension Bill. This legislation would extend the statutory deadline for PTC implementation on approximately 60,000 miles […]
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 “Energy Drinks: Exploring Concerns About Marketing to Youth” full committee hearing: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing on the potential health risks associated with energy drink consumption by children and […]
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. As you noted, we have a number of important measures on the agenda today. Chief among them is our bill to strengthen cybersecurity, […]
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 “The Partnership Between NIST and the Private Sector: Improving Cybersecurity” full committee hearing: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing, and for your continued leadership on cybersecurity. You […]
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 “The State of Wireline Communications” Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet hearing: Thank you, Chairman Pryor and Senator Wicker, and thank you to our witnesses for being with […]
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 “Cruise Industry Oversight: Recent Incidents Show Need for Stronger Focus on Consumer Protection” full committee hearing: Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing today. Also, thank you 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 “E-Rate 2.0: Connecting Every Child to the Transformative Power of Technology” full committee hearing: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing. And, thank you to our witnesses for […]