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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.
artificial intelligence--or what is referred to as AI--has been with us for quite some time now. And whether it is the chatbot providing help on Amazon, or personalized recommendations on Netflix, or the algorithms that are curating your…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 315 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 44, nays 51, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 318 Ex.] YEAS--44 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 316 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 317 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), and the Senator from Florida…
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. 3312 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 90, nays 8, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 313 Leg.] YEAS--90 Baldwin…
yesterday morning, the monthly inflation report came out. Once again, inflation was well above the Fed's target rate of 2 percent. Overall, prices have risen by 17.6 percent since President Biden took office--17.6 percent. Price hikes in…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 50, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 310 Leg.] YEAS--49 Barrasso Blackburn Boozman Braun Britt Budd Capito…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 32, nays 65, as follows: [Rollcall Vote…
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 87, nays 11, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 312 Leg.] YEAS--87 Baldwin…
recent events--notably, Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine and Hamas's deadly October 7 attack on Israel-- have thrown the importance of national security into sharp relief. At its most basic level, of course, national security means…
There are tens of billions of dollars available, and yet I met last week, or the week before, with our independent telephone co-ops in South Dakota, and not a single one was applying for any of that money, partly because of all the…
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 309 Leg.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…
I think it is really important, and there is a bipartisan bill that I am working on that is focused on putting the right guardrails in place for the highest impact AI systems while also, at the same time, allowing for innovation.
I think it is really important, and there is a bipartisan bill that I am working on that is focused on putting the right guardrails in place for the highest impact AI systems while also, at the same time, allowing for innovation.
It has been remarkable just the progress we have already made in precision agriculture.
There are tens of billions of dollars available, and yet I met last week, or the week before, with our independent telephone co-ops in South Dakota, and not a single one was applying for any of that money, partly because of all the…
It has been remarkable just the progress we have already made in precision agriculture.
I think it is really important, and there is a bipartisan bill that I am working on that is focused on putting the right guardrails in place for the highest impact AI systems while also, at the same time, allowing for innovation.
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