John Thune

Today I recognize Christopher L. Cugini, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all of the hard work he has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several months. Chris is a graduate of Glen Oak High School…

Today I recognize Michelle Matthies, an intern in my Sioux Falls, SD, office, for all of the hard work she has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several months. Michelle is a graduate of Parker High School…

Today I recognize Kati M. Seymour, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all of the hard work she has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several months. Kati is a graduate of Jones County High School…

Today I recognize Robert Cuyler Haskins, an intern in my Washington, DC, office, for all of the hard work he has done for me, my staff, and the State of South Dakota over the past several months. Cuyler is a graduate of L.D. Bell High…

Thank you again for inviting me to testify. I look forward to responding to your questions.

I mean, I think that is, at the end of the day, what people want to know.

Do you think these steps are going to be-- and you said end of December?

This MF Global failure is causing tremendous stress in our and other business operations as we are unable to use our futures accounts and unable to access funds.

I would urge the Commission... to really view whatever proposed order or proposed action it was taking through the prism of job creation and economic growth.

As I travel around my state and around the country, one of the reasons that employers say they are not hiring people is because of economic uncertainty caused, in some cases, by Federal regulatory actions.

I am concerned about the effect the divestitures on rural states like South Dakota have had.

It's important that in a knowledge-based economy and society that we live in that we have broadband service that's available to everyone.

I hope you both help to move America back toward a free market economy.

I want to congratulate our nominees on being with us today, your nominations to the FCC, both to Mr. Pai and Ms. Rosenworcel.

I just think dealing in a world of uncertainty makes it very difficult for people to make investments and for our economy to create the types of jobs that are necessary to get people back to work.

I believe it's important in USF reform that it help give all Americans, including those in tribal areas and rural areas, access to broadband service.

I'm a little interested about what State's role is in that and what we are doing as a nation to actively encourage more countries to participate in the visa waiver program.

Thank you, Madam Chairman, and thank you for visiting the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Too often, the practice around here is focused on the short term, the near term, the gain, to be able to have some sort of political victory at the expense of what is in the best interests of this country and our children and…

This legislation, along with identical companion legislation introduced in the Senate by Senator John Thune (S. 1831), would eliminate the ban on 'general solicitation' in nonpublic offerings.

But as you have said, these athletes are bigger, stronger, faster, and the contact, the hits that I watch just every Sunday watching the NFL, there are some real contact being made there.

I think at that time, they treated everything with whiskey.

I think that is a very good idea, but it is more complicated than that because at some point, kids have to learn how to hit and how to be hit and how to avoid the big forces, and that can only come with practice.

It just seems like we have got, with young people out there, more and more injury occurring at an earlier and earlier age.

I think when most people think of concussions, as was mentioned, we think about football.