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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 16, 2023

The changes that were made administratively in the SNAP program, to the tune of a quarter of a trillion dollars, that is not a rounding error.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

We need technical assistance from USDA to ensure the Department can implement the farm bill in accordance with congressional intent.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

I believe, is what the law was designed to do.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

First and foremost, I think the purpose of the law, including the most recent funding that Congress provided in the ReConnect program, is for 90 percent unserved, in other words, those areas that do not have service.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

To think that, if you look at constitutionally, the Article I responsibility that we have and the power of the purse, and also the implications that has for the farm bill.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The statute also says in ReConnect, unserved.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

I was for TPP. I think being engaged in Asia and these markets around the world is really, really important.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

It seems to me that if there are changes that are going to be made in some of those programs that they should be made by Congress and not by the Administration.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

Federal resources should not duplicate places that already have----

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young). Further, if present and voting…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-15
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

A failure of the bank, a failure with the regulators, and without any question, a failure at the top, which is the President of the United States, that created an inflationary effect that we haven't seen.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The average person in our country has a bank balance of around $5,000. And those folks, because of the actions of the regulators and this Administration, will now be bailing out those who had balances of $5 million.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell). The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-15
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

Mr. President, inflation numbers for February came out yesterday morning, and they confirmed what every American knows: We are still squarely in the middle of Democrats' inflation crisis, with no end in sight. Overall, inflation was up 6…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-15
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young). Further, if present and voting…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-15
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell). The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-15
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 15, 2023

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young). Further, if present and voting…

Congressional Record · 2023-03-15