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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 12, 2020

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, the postcloture time on the Edgar nomination expire at 4:30 p.m. today. I further ask that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made…

Congressional Record · 2020-05-12
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 12, 2020

Madam President, we are back for our second week in the Senate after spending some time working remotely to help flatten the coronavirus curve. We are getting used to the temporary new normal-- social distancing during hearings, floor…

Congressional Record · 2020-05-12
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 12, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennesse (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''

Congressional Record · 2020-05-12
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 11, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey). Further, if present and…

Congressional Record · 2020-05-11
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).

Congressional Record · 2020-05-07
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 7, 2020

Madam President, a number of our Democratic colleagues have come to the floor and spoken here and elsewhere about the importance of providing assistance to State and local governments and that if that doesn't happen, there are going to be…

Congressional Record · 2020-05-07
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 6, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would have voted ``yea.''

Congressional Record · 2020-05-06
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 6, 2020

Mr. President, today is the first day of National Nurses Week--an annual commemoration each May celebrating the contributions of nurses--so today seemed like a fitting day to come down to the floor and talk about the contributions of…

Congressional Record · 2020-05-06
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 6, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would have voted ``yea''.

Congressional Record · 2020-05-06
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 5, 2020

Madam President, after a few weeks of working remotely to help flatten the coronavirus curve, we are back in Washington to continue our coronavirus response and address other important issues. It has been an incredibly difficult couple of…

Congressional Record · 2020-05-05
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· May 4, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). Further, if present and voting, the…

Congressional Record · 2020-05-04
Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Apr 22, 2020

This is outrageous. Nevada currently is ranked 43rd out of 50 States in the amount of money that we have received from PPP.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Apr 22, 2020

I cannot stress how important it is that we continue to get assistance to our agricultural producers.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Apr 22, 2020

We have left too many organizations on the outside of PPP looking in, and so we need to adjust eligibility criteria.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Apr 22, 2020

Our recovery, which will take place over time, will be much more successful and will happen more rapidly because those businesses kept their employees on the payroll during this difficult time.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 24, 2020

Madam President, at this very minute, across the country, families are wondering how they are going to survive financially now that mom or dad is out of a job. Hourly workers whose businesses have closed temporarily are praying that they…

Congressional Record · 2020-03-24
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 23, 2020

Mr. President, I think we all know what is happening here. The leader pointed out in his opening remarks that everything was going really quite well. There were a lot of working groups that were meeting. There was great bipartisan…

Congressional Record · 2020-03-23
John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Mar 23, 2020

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott)…

Congressional Record · 2020-03-23