John Thune

Self-driving cars have the potential to bring unimaginable benefits to cities, and drastically improve quality of life for millions of people around the world.

We would love to give you more tools to create the kind of accountability we need, and I think our legislation accomplishes that.

I appreciate the budget's attention to the need to repeal and replace the collapsing Affordable Care Act.

If confirmed, I will seek to implement long-term reforms for the regulation, funding, delivery, and maintenance of transportation infrastructure projects.

I think the idea, and then we've been happy to see, AT&T has said that they will be able to get public safety users on their network as priority users as soon as the end of this year.

As you know, FirstNet is an independent authority within NTIA tasked with the creation and operation of a Nationwide Interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network.

The Spectrum Pipeline Act modified the Spectrum Relocation Fund... to help Federal agencies fund key R&D activities which could lead to freeing up more spectrum in the future.

The demand for spectrum... continues to grow with the pace of innovation among both private sector and Federal users.

We rely heavily on the interstate system, all the Federal highways and both state and local roads, too, getting our goods to the marketplace, agricultural commodities.

Thank you all for being here. We appreciate your willingness to serve.

Legislation has been introduced by Senators John Thune, Chris Murphy, Johnny Isakson and Joe Donnelly.

To me, growth should be the goal.

One of the reasons I ask that is because the best way to solve the long-term fiscal problems the country has is faster economic growth.

It seems to me that simplifying our tax code, reforming our tax code in a way that makes us more competitive in the global marketplace, would certainly be a desirable outcome.

So is it fair to say that the policies, the economic policies, of the previous administration have not been conducive or created conditions that are favorable to economic growth?

Members of Congress currently investigating league practices regarding concussions should not accept campaign contributions from league Political Action Committees or team owners while such investigations are pending.

I would also like to thank Senators Klobuchar, Wicker, and Capito for being original cosponsors of the bill.

As the leading organization representing athletic trainers, NATA fully supports Chairman Thune's Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act.

I would like to thank Chairman Thune for being the lead sponsor of the bill in the Senate

I believe we should authorize the U.S.

The inclusion of a number of CONNECT for Health Act provisions in the CHRONIC Care Act is a step toward improving beneficiary access to timely and effective health care.

I am pleased with the progress that we have made so far with the bipartisan CHRONIC Care Act.

I want to thank you and Senator Wyden for holding this important hearing.

I would encourage the other members of the Senate Commerce Committee to cosponsor the PHIT Act.

I would like to thank Chairman Thune for being the lead sponsor of the bill in the Senate