President Trump Secured the Border, and the Republican Congress Must Do Its Part to Keep It Secure
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S BORDER POLICIES ARE WORKING: FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT MONTH, SOUTHWEST BORDER ENCOUNTERS ARE AT RECORD LOWS “President Trump’s leadership has resulted in the most secure border in this nation’s history. In the last 24 hours the Border Patrol encountered a total of 95 illegal aliens across the entire southern border. That is […]
Thune Joins The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio. On strengthening Medicaid: “[W]e’re not cutting [Medicaid], we’re just slowing the rate of growth. It’s going to increase year-over-year for the next 10 years; it’s just not going to grow at […]
Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Delivers for Working Families
THE PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES OF REPUBLICANS’ BILL ARE MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES “The Trump tax cuts lowered rates, made the code more progressive and middle-class families reaped the largest benefits. Extending good tax policy, delivering targeted relief and reining in wasteful spending is the best way to restore economic prosperity.” – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) […]
Thune Joins Sean Hannity on Fox News
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) joined Sean Hannity on Fox News. On President Trump and Senate Republicans’ tax priorities: “I think for the most part, this is designed to help working Americans, people who are getting up every day, going to work – and this gives […]
Senate Republicans Are Rebuilding America’s Military
IN AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS WORLD, AMERICA’S MILITARY READINESS HAS BEEN SLIPPING AND EVEN FALLING BEHIND OUR ADVERSARIES “The U.S. Navy is at least 50 ships too small for the world’s threats, and that’s not the worst news. ‘Just about every major shipbuilding program is behind schedule, over budget, or irreparably off track,’ Senate Armed Services […]
Thune: Senate Republicans to Deliver Historic Wins for the American People
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “We have received, as you know, from the House, a budget reconciliation bill. “The Senate, now, Finance Committee has completed its portion of it, and […]
Commonsense and Popular Reforms to Preserve and Strengthen Medicaid for Future Generations
“It shouldn’t be available for illegal immigrants. There are people who are ineligible. There are people, able-bodied males who are of working age, there ought to be a work requirement attached to it. These are all reforms to a program that was desperately in need of reform.” – Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) IN […]
Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Main Street
“This is going to be very much about middle-income taxpayers. If we don’t act, at the end of the year, there will be a $2.6 trillion tax increase on families making less than $400,000 a year and a $600 billion tax increase on small businesses. So this is really about preserving and protecting families and […]
Thune Joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News. On Senate Republicans’ priorities: “[T]he American people won’t have a $4 trillion tax increase at the end of the year if the Big, Beautiful Bill passes. That’s what we’re trying to prevent and avoid. […]
Thune Joins Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday. On Senate Republicans’ tax priorities: “We’re increasing the Child Tax Credit, and if the Democrats had their way, at the end of the year … the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would […]