John Thune

Manufacturers greatly appreciate the efforts by Chairman Thune and Senator Moran to hold the CPSC accountable.

To reduce unnecessary burdens at the CPSC and across this Committee's jurisdiction, we recommend the following: encourage the current Chairman of the CPSC to step aside and confirm a new Chair.

Thank you for the invitation to speak today about the opportunities to promote a pro-growth agenda by reducing regulatory burdens.

To ensure that demand and output improve this year, the United States needs not only improved economic conditions but also government policies more attuned to the realities of global competition.

Encourage better retrospective review of rules by planning for reviews at the time a rule is written, like in Senator Heitkamp's and Senator Lankford's Smarter Regulations Through Advanced Planning and Review Act.

I'd like to extend a thank you to Chairman Thune, Ranking Member Nelson and this committee for passage of the Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act last week to address these concerns.

Give Congress an analytical office to review the costs and benefits of regulation like in Senator Klobuchar's SCORE Act.

The oil and natural gas industry remains committed to regulatory structures that promote safety, environmental protection, and responsible operations.

Letter dated February 1, 2017 to Hon. John Thune and Hon. Bill Nelson from Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO, Association of American Railroads.

Letter dated February 1, 2017 to Hon. John Thune and Hon. Bill Nelson from Cal Dooley, President and CEO, American Chemistry Council.

We can do a much better job, and hopefully in a way that preserves the important elements of our regulatory environment.

I think this is a serious issue, and I certainly, and I think Members on both sides take it seriously.

Letter dated January 31, 2017 to Hon. John Thune and Hon. Bill Nelson from Ken Wasch, President, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

Those issues are set of law. I mean Congress has spoken. And when it comes to enhanced interrogation techniques that sort of thing, my understanding is I haven't seen the new executive action or what's being proposed but my understanding…

I hope we can work with you in beginning to shift a lot of the--giving the States, I guess I would say, more flexibility when it comes to designing plans that work in our States.

I applaud President Trump for making this issue a top priority.

This Order instructs Federal departments and agencies to identify at least two prior regulations for elimination for each new regulatory proposed.

I guess I am asking you if you would commit to work with us to ensure that pass-through businesses are treated fairly.

Today I recognize Dr. Erica Towle, a Knauss Sea Grant fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, for all of the hard work she has done for me, my staff, and other members of the committee over the past…

I also ask unanimous consent that Matthew Taylor, a congressional fellow in Senator Cochran's office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 115th Congress. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so…

Clarifying that recent request, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. for the weekly conference meetings but that that time not count against S. Con. Res. 3. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without…

AI has the potential to catapult the United States economy and competitiveness in both the near-and the long-term future.

I intend to support the nominee of our party and if anything should change that, I'll let you know.

I would appreciate that. Twenty-five, ten-thousandths of the amount in the general sign-up seems like proportionately a real bust.

That is an issue we are going to have to address in the next farm bill, for sure.