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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

as I begin this morning, let me just start by reacting to a couple of things that have been said here on the floor this morning already by my Democrat colleagues. You know, the leader, Republican leader, when he was down here earlier…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

I think we need a Marshall plan on the ports right now.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 417 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

The fact that a move to 24/7 operations at L.A. Long Beach, which is a standard practice in much of the rest of the world, merits a Presidential announcement is baffling.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

We are facing this unprecedented supply chain crisis and we have got a lot of Americans who are encountering already empty store shelves.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

In addition to investments in capacity, our Nation's ports are desperately in need of two things. One is modernization, and the other one is transparency.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 44, as follows…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 19, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 44, as follows…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 18, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), and the Senator from North…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 7, 2021

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. 2959 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 7, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 410 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 7, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 7, 2021

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 412 Leg.] YEAS--50…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 7, 2021

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 61, nays 38, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 411 Leg.] YEAS--61 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown…

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Oct 6, 2021

tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the day the United States entered Afghanistan--the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom. On October 7, 2001, the U.S. military conducted its first strike on the terrorists responsible for attacking…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 6, 2021

Well, it seems like we ought to be able to improve on a 12-month reimbursement rate, even for organizations as inefficient as the Federal Government.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 6, 2021

In the smallest towns in America, access to specialty care can be a challenge.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 6, 2021

They should deliver the votes to do it. And we will insist on that.

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