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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 8, 2010

This Department is awash in taskings for reports and studies.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 8, 2010

Consider consolidation or closure of excess bases and other facilities where appropriate.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 5, 2010

Judge Sotomayor's judicial record and testimony during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings clearly demonstrate a hostile view of the Second Amendment and the fundamental right of self-defense guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 5, 2010

What that has done is galvanized those at the grassroots level who are very concerned about what they see happening and how it might threaten and put in danger the second amendment right that many of them have enjoyed and believe is…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 5, 2010

If I might ask the Senator from Alabama this--because he is the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. I know he has dealt with numerous nominees to the Supreme Court in the past, as well as probably hundreds of other judicial…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 5, 2010

I say to my friend from Nevada, it is troubling--very troubling, and maybe even telling--that the President would ask us to confirm an individual who admittedly has not reviewed the justification for the second amendment in the Bill of…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 5, 2010

I heard my colleague say--and I would be interested in having him confirm--didn't Ms. Kagan teach constitutional law and would it not have been appropriate at that time for her to have looked at the Founding Fathers' intent on the second…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 3, 2010

If we don't get these agreements signed, we are going to lose significant market opportunities to competitors.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 2, 2010

This is an important review, something that I had advocated in the defense authorization bill. I think it has borne out that it was something that needed to be done.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Aug 2, 2010

The panel supports an increased investment in long-range strike systems and their associated sensors.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 26, 2010

And I'm interested in what you mentioned in your testimony today that would allow consumers to opt-out of tracking and behavioral--at a browser level, as opposed to website-by-website.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 26, 2010

The economic damages that are caused by the Administration's offshore moratorium on oil and gas exploration.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 26, 2010

Congress and the Administration should be focused on permanently fixing the leak, on cleaning up the gulf, and restoring the gulf coast economy.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 22, 2010

As my colleague from Maine also noted earlier today, I think there is pretty broad opposition to this particular amendment, notwithstanding the support many of us have for the underlying bill. As I said before, there are tax incentives in…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 20, 2010

Yes, indeed, Madam Chair, and we look forward to working with you to promote even greater use of biofuels.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 20, 2010

Would replacing that definition with the definition of the 2008 Farm Bill result in increased renewable energy production?

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 20, 2010

I mean, obviously, those we are developing...

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