John Thune

Senator Thune Responds to President Obama’s Address

September 9th 2009

I stand ready to work with the President and Congressional Democrats on a bipartisan common sense health care solution that would lower costs and improve care rather than force a massive new government expansion on the American people that would add to the debt, raise taxes, cut Medicare and put a government bureaucrat in charge of your health care. It is time for President Obama to put politics, ideology and the wants of special interest groups aside and show some leadership by working in a truly bipartisan manner on a health care reform package that will improve health care and lower costs without burdening our children and grandchildren with trillions of dollars in new debt.

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KELO TV: Sen. Thune Gets Input On Health Care Issue

September 2nd 2009

From Keloland:

Sen. John Thune answered questions from Rapid City-area residents on Friday during a town hall-style meeting, and proposed changes in the nation's health care system took center stage.  Subjects ranged from the treatment of the elderly to the treatment of the poor.

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Sen. Thune: Distrust of Government Fueling Criticism of Overhaul

August 26th 2009

The New York Times reports:

Like other Republicans, Senator John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the party’s Senate leadership, says he believes complaints about the health care overhaul go far beyond policy to a more elemental matter of trust.

“I think there a general distrust of the federal government’s capacity to manage something like this,” Mr. Thune told reporters in a conference call Tuesday morning.

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KELO TV: Thune Wants Cash For Clunkers Answers

August 25th 2009

Keloland News Reports:

The brakes have been put on the Cash for Clunkers program and now a group of Senators is asking the Department of Transportation where is all the money?  Of the $3 billion Congress appropriated for the program, only $140 million has been paid out to dealers for their sales.

Eight Republican Senators, including South Dakota Senator John Thune, are asking the Department of Transportation to provide weekly reports on the total amount it's giving back to dealers participating in the Cash for Clunkers program. They also want to know the average time it takes to reimburse dealers and the number of Cash for Clunker sales denied.

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Farm forum turns into health care debate

August 20th 2009

The Argus Leader reports on the forum at the the 2009 DakotaFest:

What started out as a forum to update constituents on federal agricultural legislation at DakotaFest quickly turned into a lively partisan discussion on health care reform and climate change.

Several hundred people gathered Wednesday morning at the farm show just outside Mitchell to listen to Sen. John Thune and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.

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