Press Releases
Thune Joins The Ben Shapiro Show
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Ben Shapiro Show. On the Big, Beautiful Bill: “I would say that … working Americans, middle-income families are the biggest winners. Those that make under $50,000 get the biggest proportionate tax break in all of this … with an increase in the child tax credit, standard deduction, both of those being made permanent; lower rates getting locked in, made permanent. “And so if… Continue Reading
07.17.25
Democrats Spread Falsehoods on Rural Hospital Closures While Republicans Actually Do Something About It
AMERICA’S RURAL HOSPITALS HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY OPEN FOR SEVERAL DECADES, EVEN AS MEDICAID SPENDING HAS SKYROCKETED Since 2005, 196 rural hospitals have either closed or converted. 153 of these occurred since 2010. (University of North Carolina: Rural Hospital Closures - accessed 7/17/25) Hospital conversions are the elimination of inpatient services while maintaining other care such as emergency, primary, outpatient, or urgent care. (U.S. Department of Agriculture: Federal Assistan… Continue Reading
07.16.25
Thune Joins Bret Baier on Fox News
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Bret Baier on Fox News. On the rescissions package: “[I]n my view, this shouldn’t be a hard one. It’s $9 billion. It’s one-tenth of 1 percent of all federal spending, and it’s a chance for us to claw back some of the waste, fraud, and abuse in a lot of these programs. So I’m hoping, we’re going through an amendment process right now. We’re voting on the floor on a series of amendments, mos… Continue Reading
07.15.25
Thune: Democrats Threaten to Shut Down the Government … Again
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): “This week, as you know … the rescissions bill is the legislation that’s going to be on the floor - at least we hope it’s going to be on the floor - later today. “We’re going to have a couple of procedural votes and we’ll see how those come out. “But one thing I can tell you, in the Trump admini… Continue Reading
07.09.25
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 the Big, Beautiful Bill: “The fact of the matter is, these are changes that are long overdue. We’ve got a $36 trillion debt growing by the day, and it was high time that we did some things to … get this country on a more sustainable fiscal path and restore some fiscal sanity. And so the changes that we made are commonsense changes that the American people, … Continue Reading
07.09.25
Thune: Republicans Keep Scoring, Democrats Can’t Get Off the Bench
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): “Good afternoon, everyone. Hope everybody caught up on their sleep. “We had an incredibly successful week last week when we passed the reconciliation bill. “It was incredibly meaningful and historic legislation, and I think just in terms of what it will do to make our country safer, stronger, an… Continue Reading
06.25.25
Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) joined The Hugh Hewitt Show. On passing the bill by July 4: "I still think we get this done this weekend … There's a ton of swirl, and like I said, the new stuff coming at us every day. But if we can get it across the floor in the Senate and back over to the House, … my hope would be that they could figure out a way to execute on passing it there and get it on the president's desk. "And we're going to… Continue Reading
06.24.25
Thune: Republicans’ Bill Puts American Strength, Safety, and Prosperity First
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 are making good headway on the reconciliation bill. “As you all know, this is the legislation that we believe implements the president’s agenda and makes our country safer, stronger, and more prosperous. “And if you look at how it achieves those objectives, and certainly in the tax side of i… Continue Reading
06.24.25
Thune Joins America’s Newsroom on Fox News
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined America’s Newsroom on Fox News. On Republicans’ priorities: “[T]he goals in this bill are a safer America, a stronger America, and a more prosperous America … An average family in South Dakota, if we don’t pass this bill, will face a $2,500 tax increase at the end of this year. That is the real-world impact of this on people. “Plus, you get the energy, the regulatory, the tax policy worki… Continue Reading
06.21.25
Thune Statement on U.S. Airstrikes on Iran Nuclear Sites
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement: “The regime in Iran, which has committed itself to bringing ‘death to America’ and wiping Israel off the map, has rejected all diplomatic pathways to peace. The mullahs’ misguided pursuit of nuclear weapons must be stopped,” said Thune. “As we take action tonight to ensure a nuclear weapon remains out of reach for Iran, I stand with President Trump and pray for the American troops and perso… Continue Reading
06.21.25
Thune Joins Breitbart News Saturday With Matt Boyle
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Breitbart News Saturday with Matt Boyle. On Republicans’ priorities: “[T]his is the fulfillment of the president’s agenda. This is what he ran on. This is what the people voted for, and that’s securing our border, making a generational investment there, and providing infrastructures for … the president’s term in office to make sure that … he has all the resources he needs to keep that job,… Continue Reading
06.18.25
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 as fast a rate. And what we are doing is doing away with the Biden-era waste, fraud, and abuse that was embedded into that program. “There are a lot of people tod… Continue Reading
06.18.25
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 them some relief. And I think that’s what the president was focused on, is delivering relief for working-class families. That’s why we lock in the rates, the 2017 Tax Cuts a… Continue Reading
06.17.25
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 it was released, the text was, last night. “We believe it leads to a stronger and more prosperous America, and so we are excited to get this bill… Continue Reading
06.16.25
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. [The bill] also adds a number of new tax pieces. It ends its tax on, as the president has indicated, tax on tips, tax on overtime, lowers taxes on Social Securit… Continue Reading
06.15.25
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 expire, and you would have the Child Tax Credit cut in half for working families. So we’re not only going to keep it from getting cut in half, we’re going to increase it. “No tax o… Continue Reading
06.13.25
Thune Joins Guy Benson on Fox News Radio
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) joined Guy Benson on Fox News Radio. On providing resources to secure the southern border: “[Y]ou can’t get around what's happening within L.A. today and what’s happened at the border for the last four years. I mean, they are inextricably linked. And it’s created this environment of lawlessness … we are a nation of laws and … I think that’s what this conversation has been about. “The president ran on … Continue Reading
06.12.25
Thune Statement on Israeli Airstrikes in Iran
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement: “For too long, the mullahs in Iran have publicly aspired to wipe the only democracy in the Middle East off the face of the map via any means possible: funding and arming terror groups on Israel’s borders, choking off international sea lanes, and multiple barrages of missiles and drones. Just today, Iran was found once again to be in violation of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations, which is … Continue Reading
06.11.25
Thune Joins The Will Cain Show on Fox News
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Will Cain Show on Fox News. On strengthening Medicaid: “[T]he provider tax is a good example of something that’s been abused, and it’s been abused particularly by big states like New York and California. It is a racket. I mean, they figured out how to game it. They leverage it to get more federal money - and in the case of California, to cover illegal immigrants. [S]o that’s obviously … Continue Reading
06.10.25
Thune: Senate Republicans’ Bill to Create a Strong, Prosperous America
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): “Good afternoon, everyone. “We are making great progress on our Republican reconciliation bill that will lead to a stronger and safer America. “And those two are intertwined, because you can’t have a strong and safe America - you can’t have a prosperous America unless you have a safe America. “… Continue Reading
