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

I think for all practical purposes--you know, most people acknowledge, yes, there is some overhang, but that it is over.

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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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 2023

I am also introducing legislation today to help prevent economically damaging regulations from going into effect in the first place. My bill, the Regulatory Transparency Act, would require Federal Agencies to conduct a more transparent and…

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

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

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

I think for all practical purposes--you know, most people acknowledge, yes, there is some overhang, but that it is over.

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

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

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

The statute also says in ReConnect, unserved.

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

The statute also says in ReConnect, unserved.

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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…

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

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 808 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives…

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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…

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

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 percent in…

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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

I expect a lot of my colleagues, hopefully on both sides of the aisle, will be strictly holding this administration to account on.

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