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John Randolph Thune is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Dakota since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Thune has been a prominent figure in national politics, focusing on issues such as immigration enforcement, border security, and federal worker compensation. He has played a significant role in shaping Republican policy in Congress and has been involved in various legislative initiatives throughout his tenure.
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Georgia (Mr…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. President, 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. 700 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue).
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hyde-Smith). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Madam President, I am sure everyone remembers the Democrats' ObamaCare promise: ``If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.'' That promise was named PolitiFacts' ``Lie of the Year'' in 2013 after it became clear that millions of…
Mr. President, the more you look at the Green New Deal, the worse it looks. Last week, one think tank released a first estimate of what the Green New Deal would cost. Here is the answer: between $51 trillion and $93 trillion over 10 years…
Madam President, last week, we learned that the economy grew at a rate of 3.1 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2018. That is the strongest economic growth in over 10 years. Economic growth for the fourth…
Mr. President, 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. 604 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
Madam President, just in getting started this morning, I wanted to take a minute to mention the good news on economic growth we received this morning. While headlines mentioned the very solid 2.9 percent growth number for 2018, if we use…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. President, in a document later removed from her website, one of the Green New Deal's sponsors had this to say about the Green New Deal: ``The question isn't how we will pay for it, but what we will do with our new shared prosperity.''…
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