John Thune

We’re prepared to work with them to get that across the finish line.

Republicans support IVF, full stop.

It's time to act on the decisive mandate the American people gave to President Trump in November.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:41 p.m., adjourned until Friday, February 14, 2025, at 9 a.m. ____________________

We’re kind of taking our direction from the White House in terms of who they want to move and when.

Members on our side have been prepared to act for awhile.

I look forward to Kennedy being a partner to Congress on some very important issues, including chronic disease.

I'm encouraged that Kennedy has committed to implementing President Trump's pro-life policies at HHS.

Mr. Kennedy promises to make HHS a collaborative, transparent and science-driven agency under his leadership.

In the case of Ms. Gabbard, different views perhaps about national security matters than those held by a lot of Democrats certainly here in this chamber and the progressive movement in this country.

I understand the Chair has an announcement for the Senate. ____________________

It is now time for the Senate to move forward with this budget resolution in order to further advance our shared Republican agenda in Congress.

I mean, the courts, obviously are the sort of the branch of our government that calls balls and strikes, and referees, and I think that they’ve got an important role to play.

The American people should be assured that Medicaid will be protected.

The intelligence community needs to refocus on its core mission — collecting intelligence and providing unbiased analysis of that information.

The intelligence community needs to refocus on its core mission, collecting intelligence and providing unbiased analysis of that information.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota refused to criticize the Trump administration for its plan to gut USAID.

Senate Republicans are ready to roll.

I am going to move here to go into legislative session in just a minute, but I am going to point out that these next noms that are coming up are bipartisan noms. We are coming up on the Department of Agriculture Secretary, whose nomination…

For the balance of the votes, Mr. President, we are going to ask Members to stay in their seats, Senators to stay in their seats, and we are going to move through this just as quickly as we possibly can. So we will have the clerk call the…

I don’t believe the Trump administration is closing an agency without congressional approval.

There's no question that he will be able to hit the ground running.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:23 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at 10:30 a.m…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:56 p.m., adjourned until Monday, February 3, 2025, at 3 p.m. ____________________

For the information of all Senators, Senators should expect three votes starting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday; a procedural vote in relation to the Vought nomination; a confirmation vote on the Wright nomination under the order of January 30…