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Thune Leads Colleagues in Reintroducing Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Certainty for the 340B Program WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today reintroduced legislation that would provide certaintyto hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program during the […]

Thune, Rounds Join Colleagues in Calling on USDA to Assist Biofuels Industry Senators urge USDA to make biofuels producers eligible for existing CCC funding WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and eight of their Senate colleagues this week sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack […]

Another COVID update from Jackrabbit land in Brookings as our state is moving towards continued high vaccination rates and great news coming from the State of SD on how we’re doing in the war against COVID. As opposed to my COVID update from last week, I think I’ll manage to get through the weekend without a […]

Thune, Klobuchar Urge Investigation of Potential Violations by Ocean Carriers  WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of both the Senate Commerce Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, today urged the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to continue to investigate reports of unreasonable practices by ocean carriers, including refusal to carry certain […]

Let’s Work Together By Sen. John Thune Congress has passed five COVID relief bills, and every single one of them was overwhelmingly bipartisan. It’s unfortunate that as we consider additional relief measures, Democrats have made it clear that they are determined to do it on a purely partisan basis – which is particularly disappointing because, […]

I Just watched @KristiNoem interview on Face the Nation.. if you could call it an interview. It actually came off as little more than the moderator spending most of their time talking over Governor Noem when they werent outright attacking her. The low-point was when they went after the Governor on “allowing” the Sturgis rally […]

Rounds and Colleagues Urge President Biden to Withdraw Becerra WASHINGTON— Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Representative Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) and 72 other members of Congress sent a letter urging President Joe Biden to withdraw California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination to serve as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). […]

Special Address: Update on Revenue Numbers By: Governor Kristi Noem  February 9, 2021 Lieutenant Governor Rhoden, Mr. Speaker, members of the House and Senate, and my fellow South Dakotans. I am here today because South Dakota is in a historic position. I stood before you two months ago and said, South Dakota is entering 2021 in one […]

From KELOland news, another legislator has been diagnosed with COVID-19: Representative Aaron Aylward, a Harrisburg Republican serving his first term, confirmed Monday he was diagnosed by a doctor late Sunday morning. “I decided to go in after not feeling well Saturday night/Sunday morning. I plan on going back (to session) next Tuesday,” Aylward said in […]

Thune Requests Guidance for Producers Applying for Second Paycheck Protection Program Loans WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today urged the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration to issue guidance excluding Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments from farmers’ and ranchers’ 2020 gross receipts for purposes […]