Press Releases
Thune Joins Squawk Box on CNBC
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Joe Kernen on CNBC’s Squawk Box. On Congress’ responsibility to fund the government: “This is something that 13 times, when [Chuck Schumer] was the majority leader, we passed short-term continuing resolutions - 13 times - and the Republicans delivered the vote for it. This is a routine thing. This is not unusual. “This is something to extend government funding until we have more time to fund or to… Continue Reading
09.29.25
Thune Joins Bret Baier on Fox News
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Bret Baier on Fox News. On the bicameral meeting at the White House: “It was spirited … [Democrats have] a base that is demanding that they fight anything related to President Trump. [Democrats passed a CR] 13 times … when they had the majority … [and] Joe Biden in the White House … Well, what’s changed? Donald Trump’s the president, that’s what’s changed.” […] “There is no reason for a government… Continue Reading
09.28.25
Thune Joins Meet the Press on NBC
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press. On Congress’ responsibility to fund the government: “This is a simple, seven-week funding resolution to allow us to do a normal appropriations process, something that Democrat senators have said that they want to see done, but something that Leader Schumer didn’t do when they had the majority. They didn’t do appropriation bills. This is new leadership. We’re t… Continue Reading
09.24.25
Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Hugh Hewitt Show. On funding the government: “All we need is … a handful of Democrats to come across the aisle and vote to keep the government open. A short-term funding resolution. Short-term that would enable us to finish up the other appropriations process, something that we did 13 times when the Democrats had the majority and Biden was in the White House. We did 13 short-term conti… Continue Reading
09.24.25
Thune Joins Inside Politics on CNN
Click here to watch. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Inside Politics on CNN. On funding the government: “The Democrats’ requests are completely unhinged and unreasonable and unserious, and if they want to have a serious conversation … I’m sure the president … would be happy to do that. But at least right now, what they’re asking for to keep the government open for seven weeks is over a trillion dollars in new spending and all kinds of policy riders th… Continue Reading
09.16.25
Thune: Schumer Deploys Same Old Shutdown Script
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): “Well, good afternoon, everyone. “I’m sure you’re all asking the question, are we or are we not going to have a Schumer shutdown? “And it sounds like, from what he is indicating, that very well may happen. “But we are going to give them every opportunity to vote for a clean CR - something that,… Continue Reading
09.15.25
Thune: Democrats Not Missing a Chance to Politicize Government Funding
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune’s remarks below (as delivered): “Mr. President, the September 30 government funding deadline is rapidly approaching, and Republicans will be putting forward a continuing resolution to fund the government until mid-November and give Congress time to complete additional work on appropriations bills. “And I hope my Democrat colleagues will … Continue Reading
09.12.25
Thune Joins Larry Kudlow on Fox Business
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business. On a nominations rules change: “The Schumer-led Democrats literally broke the system. We have to fix it, and we needed to take the steps to do that, because you’re right, the president needs to run the government. How do you do that without having your people in place? So it’s an unfortunate set of circumstances, but it required a response that it was necessar… Continue Reading
09.12.25
Thune Joins The Brian Kilmeade Show
Click here to listen to The Brian Kilmeade Show. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio. On Charlie Kirk’s impact on the conservative movement: “[Charlie Kirk] had a way of connecting with people that made them feel part of something that’s bigger than themselves. And I think most people want to be part of something that gives them a sense, a cause that’s bigger than themselves. And I think that was the real gift that he … Continue Reading
09.09.25
Thune: Senate Republicans to Restore the Senate’s Confirmation Process
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. “I think, as everyone knows, Senate Republicans are in the process of coming up with a solution to the Democrat blockade on nominees. “We’ve laid this out for you many times in the past, but I think, as everyone here knows, the Democrats now, for the past eight months … Continue Reading
09.04.25
Thune Joins The Hugh Hewitt Show
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined The Hugh Hewitt Show. On a nominations rules change: “[W]e’ve kind of shopped these ideas around about how to do this in a way that actually helps us clear the backlog [of nominations] and creates a way for us to confirm the rest of … President Trump’s administration, we’ve got to figure out how to make sure we’ve got the votes to move it. “And so we’ve been having those conversations her… Continue Reading
09.04.25
Senate Republicans’ NDAA Advances President Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” Agenda
THE U.S. IS CONFRONTED BY SERIOUS INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES TO ITS CORE INTERESTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD “The United States is operating in the most dangerous threat environment we have faced since World War II. The bill my committee advanced… is a direct reflection of the severity of that threat environment, as well as the rapidly evolving landscape of war.” - Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) America’s adversaries are aligned: “China’s military is getting stro… Continue Reading
09.03.25
Thune: Senate to Move Forward on Clearing Nominations Backlog and Advancing NDAA
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 just had a very productive meeting where our conference talked about clearing the nominations backlog. “And we are where we are right now because of the Democrat obstruction, which is historic and unprecedented. “We have never seen a time where the opposition party has literal… Continue Reading
07.29.25
Thune: The Only Thing Democrats Are Confirming Is Their Trump Derangement Syndrome
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): “Well, good afternoon, everyone. “As you all know, we are spending a good amount of our time and energy here in the Senate on nominations these days. “And we’ve seen an unprecedented level of obstruction and delay and blocking from Democrats. “And as a consequence of that, we’… Continue Reading
07.25.25
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.) joined The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox Radio. On the Big Beautiful Bill: “[T]his [bill] was really geared and oriented toward working families, from the tax policy to the childcare policy, school choice, you know, these accounts for newborns. I mean, there’s so many things in here that are designed to give the American people and working families in this country more incentives to do more for t… Continue Reading
07.24.25
Thune Joins the Ruthless Podcast
Click here or on the picture to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined the Ruthless podcast. On the Big Beautiful Bill: “It was an incredibly comprehensive piece of legislation, and [the] most comprehensive and consequential legislation I’ve dealt with in my time in either the House or the Senate. It really was generational. I mean, you talk about a piece of legislation that encompasses national security; border security; energy dom… Continue Reading
07.22.25
Thune: There’s a Bipartisan Annual Appropriations Process Within Reach for the First Time in Years
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): “Afternoon, everyone. We’re doing something this week in the Senate that is a bit unusual, that we haven’t done in a while. “We’re actually teeing up an appropriations bill to vote on on the floor and have an amendment process. We’re going to try and get consent. “We’re going … Continue Reading
07.20.25
Thune Joins Maria Bartiromo on Fox News
Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News. On the Big, Beautiful Bill: “[T]he goal behind all this was to make the lives of working Americans, middle income Americans, better, to strengthen their families, allow them to keep more of what they earn. And this part of the president’s agenda - and it’s a big part of the president’s agenda - was designed to impact those very Americans. “I think … Continue Reading
07.17.25
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
07.16.25
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
