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June 17, 2021 Censorship Sen. John Thune
June 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Sen. Marshall Calls for Increased Funding for Kansas Law Enforcement Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2021 Tweet - "Another blow to our border security. We're in the third month of record-high border crossings, and the administration still isn't taking it seriously." Sen. John Thune
June 1, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of Department of Justice - Rounds, Smith Lead 26 Colleagues in Calling for DOJ Investigation Into Cattle Market Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
May 25, 2021 Tweet - "I'm a proud farm-and-ranch-state senator, and I take a back seat to no one when it comes to protecting the industry. That's why I've been putting pressure on @thejusticedept to investigate the big four meatpackers. Something isn't adding up, & we need to get to the bottom of it." Sen. John Thune
May 14, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Klobuchar, Blunt, Colleagues Urge State Department to Prioritize Resumption of Intercountry Adoptions Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
May 13, 2021 Inhofe, Brown, Boozman, Tillis, Rounds, Tester to Introduce Bill to Increase Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Training Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
May 12, 2021 Rounds, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Support National World War II Memorial Sen. Mike Rounds
April 30, 2021 Letter to Mr. Jeffrey Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon - Lankford, Colleagues Condemn Amazon for Removing Justice Clarence Thomas Documentary Sen. John Thune, ...
April 29, 2021 Johnson Supports Resuming Construction of Southern Border Wall Rep. Dusty Johnson
April 29, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jeffrey Bezos, CEO of Amazon - Cotton, Colleagues Condemn Amazon for Removing Justice Clarence Thomas Documentary Sen. John Thune, ...
April 28, 2021 Thune Responds to President Biden's Joint Session Address Sen. John Thune
April 27, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Sens. Sullivan, Cruz & Colleagues Urge Biden to Address Worsening Southern Border Crisis, End Dangerous Policies that Created It Sen. John Thune, ...
April 21, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Sinema, Kelly Urge Administration to Quickly Fix Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for Arizona Entertainment Businesses Sen. John Thune, ...
April 21, 2021 For the People Act Sen. John Thune
April 14, 2021 Border Security Sen. John Thune
April 14, 2021 Tweet - "Conditions at our southern border are dire -- Ds can't deny it, so they're trying to hide it (by blocking press). Pres. Biden & VP should find time to see it. Maybe then they'll make needed policy changes. Until they do, good efforts by @CBP are just band-aids on a cracked hull." Sen. John Thune
April 13, 2021 Tweet - "If Democrats want to make impactful infrastructure investments, how about resuming (already paid for) wall construction at the southern border? Let's start there." Sen. John Thune
April 5, 2021 Tweet - "Even Democrats agree this is the Biden administration's own crisis to fix. The president can start by reinstating policies that worked and enforcing our border. Border resources are overwhelmed. The president can't afford to wait or ignore this any longer." Sen. John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Powerful footage exposing how smugglers/cartels are brazenly exploiting Biden's policies to traffic vulnerable women & children into our country at a profit of over $14 million/ day (special character). You can read about this crisis in the news, but you have to see it to comprehend the magnitude." Sen. John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Heard many stories of kids in dangerous situations b/c this admin made them a loophole to game the system: 5-year-old kids traveling alone, 2-year-olds w/ strangers -- CBP officers see it every day. Mr. President, this is what an open border looks like (special character)" Sen. John Thune
March 31, 2021 Tweet - "As long as the Biden admin continues to implement policies that give the impression of an open, porous border, people are going to keep flooding into our country." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Being told by CBP that Biden border crisis was totally avoidable if this admin had listened to the warnings of our border experts. Once again, they caved to their political left, and the result is a humanitarian and public safety emergency, which is worsening by the day." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "What I'm seeing on the border is harrowing: facilities are dangerously overcrowded, border patrol officers are overwhelmed & under-supported, smugglers (often w/ties to drug cartels) are profiting massively, hundreds of scared kids are on their own." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Midnight on the Rio Grande -- visible lights from smugglers on the Mexican side of the border. Hearing stories that these smugglers are charging upwards of $6,000, much of which flows to drug cartels." Sen. John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Strong border security, enforcing immigration laws, stopping asylum abuse, and cracking down on the traffickers and cartels that prey on migrants are among the steps the administration should take to end the Biden border crisis." Sen. John Thune
March 25, 2021 Rounds Introduces Bill Requiring DNA Border Testing to "End Child Trafficking Now' Sen. Mike Rounds
March 24, 2021 Tweet - "What's the first bill Dems would likely pass if they break the Senate filibuster rule? A bill to federalize elections, restrict states' rights, & eliminate protections for election integrity." Sen. John Thune
March 22, 2021 Tweet - "Our immigration system at the southern border is cracking at the seams. We're seeing 20-year record highs in people trying to cross the border because of this admin's actions. That's only going to get worse unless we see a real change in tone & policy from the President." Sen. John Thune
March 19, 2021 Tweet - "#2A news: In a win for South Dakota gun owners, @ATFHQ has determined SD's Regular Concealed Carry Permit process qualifies as an alternative to NICS, cutting unnecessary red tape. More ->" Sen. John Thune
March 19, 2021 Sens. Moran, Tillis Lead Introduction of Protect and Serve Act Sen. John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen. John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Inhofe, Hern, Rounds, Thune, Blackburn, Tillis Introduce Asylum Abuse Reduction Act Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 18, 2021 Johnson & Schrader Push to Improve Public Health Preparedness with Coordinated "One Health" Approach Rep. Dusty Johnson, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 18, 2021 Rounds Votes Against Radical, Unqualified Health Secretary Nominee Sen. Mike Rounds
March 18, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Daines Pushes to Restart Construction on Southern Border Wall, Slams Biden for Violating the Law over Border Wall Funding Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Inhofe Joins Tillis in Reintroducing the Protect and Serve Act to Punish Criminals for Targeting Law Enforcement Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Tweet - "Day one in office, President Biden suspended border wall construction that had already been funded by Congress. Beyond being a catalyst for the crisis we're now seeing, it infringes on Congress's constitutional power of the purse." Sen. John Thune
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Senate GOP Call Out Biden Administration for Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Hoeven Joins Effort Outlining Unlawful Freezing of Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Capito Leads Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Tillis: President Biden Escalated Border Crisis by Illegally Stopping Border Wall Construction Sen. John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Toomey: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 16, 2021 Following Johnson Request, IHS Strips Convicted Pedophile of Federal Pension Rep. Dusty Johnson
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "Halting border wall construction, reducing enforcement, pausing deportations -- Biden sent the message loud & clear that our border is open. Now we're seeing a predictable crisis of Dems' own making, on pace to break 20-year records." Sen. John Thune
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "The completely avoidable crisis at the border is the predictable result when you relax enforcement, halt border wall construction, pause deportations & increase admissions. Plainly put, this situation is directly caused by this admin's words & actions. We can't have open borders." Sen. John Thune
March 16, 2021 Thune, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Support Law Enforcement Officers Sen. John Thune
Date Title Politician
June 17, 2021 Censorship Sen.John Thune
June 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Sen. Marshall Calls for Increased Funding for Kansas Law Enforcement Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 15, 2021 Tweet - "Another blow to our border security. We're in the third month of record-high border crossings, and the administration still isn't taking it seriously." Sen.John Thune
June 1, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General of Department of Justice - Rounds, Smith Lead 26 Colleagues in Calling for DOJ Investigation Into Cattle Market Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
May 25, 2021 Tweet - "I'm a proud farm-and-ranch-state senator, and I take a back seat to no one when it comes to protecting the industry. That's why I've been putting pressure on @thejusticedept to investigate the big four meatpackers. Something isn't adding up, & we need to get to the bottom of it." Sen.John Thune
May 14, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State - Klobuchar, Blunt, Colleagues Urge State Department to Prioritize Resumption of Intercountry Adoptions Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
May 13, 2021 Inhofe, Brown, Boozman, Tillis, Rounds, Tester to Introduce Bill to Increase Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Training Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
May 12, 2021 Rounds, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Support National World War II Memorial Sen.Mike Rounds
April 30, 2021 Letter to Mr. Jeffrey Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon - Lankford, Colleagues Condemn Amazon for Removing Justice Clarence Thomas Documentary Sen.John Thune, ...
April 29, 2021 Johnson Supports Resuming Construction of Southern Border Wall Rep.Dusty Johnson
April 29, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Jeffrey Bezos, CEO of Amazon - Cotton, Colleagues Condemn Amazon for Removing Justice Clarence Thomas Documentary Sen.John Thune, ...
April 28, 2021 Thune Responds to President Biden's Joint Session Address Sen.John Thune
April 27, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Sens. Sullivan, Cruz & Colleagues Urge Biden to Address Worsening Southern Border Crisis, End Dangerous Policies that Created It Sen.John Thune, ...
April 21, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Isabella Guzman, Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Sinema, Kelly Urge Administration to Quickly Fix Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for Arizona Entertainment Businesses Sen.John Thune, ...
April 21, 2021 For the People Act Sen.John Thune
April 14, 2021 Border Security Sen.John Thune
April 14, 2021 Tweet - "Conditions at our southern border are dire -- Ds can't deny it, so they're trying to hide it (by blocking press). Pres. Biden & VP should find time to see it. Maybe then they'll make needed policy changes. Until they do, good efforts by @CBP are just band-aids on a cracked hull." Sen.John Thune
April 13, 2021 Tweet - "If Democrats want to make impactful infrastructure investments, how about resuming (already paid for) wall construction at the southern border? Let's start there." Sen.John Thune
April 5, 2021 Tweet - "Even Democrats agree this is the Biden administration's own crisis to fix. The president can start by reinstating policies that worked and enforcing our border. Border resources are overwhelmed. The president can't afford to wait or ignore this any longer." Sen.John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Powerful footage exposing how smugglers/cartels are brazenly exploiting Biden's policies to traffic vulnerable women & children into our country at a profit of over $14 million/ day (special character). You can read about this crisis in the news, but you have to see it to comprehend the magnitude." Sen.John Thune
April 1, 2021 Tweet - "Heard many stories of kids in dangerous situations b/c this admin made them a loophole to game the system: 5-year-old kids traveling alone, 2-year-olds w/ strangers -- CBP officers see it every day. Mr. President, this is what an open border looks like (special character)" Sen.John Thune
March 31, 2021 Tweet - "As long as the Biden admin continues to implement policies that give the impression of an open, porous border, people are going to keep flooding into our country." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Being told by CBP that Biden border crisis was totally avoidable if this admin had listened to the warnings of our border experts. Once again, they caved to their political left, and the result is a humanitarian and public safety emergency, which is worsening by the day." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "What I'm seeing on the border is harrowing: facilities are dangerously overcrowded, border patrol officers are overwhelmed & under-supported, smugglers (often w/ties to drug cartels) are profiting massively, hundreds of scared kids are on their own." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Midnight on the Rio Grande -- visible lights from smugglers on the Mexican side of the border. Hearing stories that these smugglers are charging upwards of $6,000, much of which flows to drug cartels." Sen.John Thune
March 26, 2021 Tweet - "Strong border security, enforcing immigration laws, stopping asylum abuse, and cracking down on the traffickers and cartels that prey on migrants are among the steps the administration should take to end the Biden border crisis." Sen.John Thune
March 25, 2021 Rounds Introduces Bill Requiring DNA Border Testing to "End Child Trafficking Now' Sen.Mike Rounds
March 24, 2021 Tweet - "What's the first bill Dems would likely pass if they break the Senate filibuster rule? A bill to federalize elections, restrict states' rights, & eliminate protections for election integrity." Sen.John Thune
March 22, 2021 Tweet - "Our immigration system at the southern border is cracking at the seams. We're seeing 20-year record highs in people trying to cross the border because of this admin's actions. That's only going to get worse unless we see a real change in tone & policy from the President." Sen.John Thune
March 19, 2021 Tweet - "#2A news: In a win for South Dakota gun owners, @ATFHQ has determined SD's Regular Concealed Carry Permit process qualifies as an alternative to NICS, cutting unnecessary red tape. More ->" Sen.John Thune
March 19, 2021 Sens. Moran, Tillis Lead Introduction of Protect and Serve Act Sen.John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen.John Thune, ...
March 18, 2021 Inhofe, Hern, Rounds, Thune, Blackburn, Tillis Introduce Asylum Abuse Reduction Act Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 18, 2021 Johnson & Schrader Push to Improve Public Health Preparedness with Coordinated "One Health" Approach Rep.Dusty Johnson, ...
March 18, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Idaho Senators Question Legality of Border Wall Funding Freeze Amid Escalating Crisis Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 18, 2021 Rounds Votes Against Radical, Unqualified Health Secretary Nominee Sen.Mike Rounds
March 18, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Daines Pushes to Restart Construction on Southern Border Wall, Slams Biden for Violating the Law over Border Wall Funding Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 17, 2021 Inhofe Joins Tillis in Reintroducing the Protect and Serve Act to Punish Criminals for Targeting Law Enforcement Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Tweet - "Day one in office, President Biden suspended border wall construction that had already been funded by Congress. Beyond being a catalyst for the crisis we're now seeing, it infringes on Congress's constitutional power of the purse." Sen.John Thune
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Senate GOP Call Out Biden Administration for Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to the Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Rubio, Capito, GOP Colleagues: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General - Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Hoeven Joins Effort Outlining Unlawful Freezing of Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Capito Leads Senate GOP: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Tillis: President Biden Escalated Border Crisis by Illegally Stopping Border Wall Construction Sen.John Thune, ...
March 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of Government Accountability Office - Toomey: Biden Escalating Border Crisis by Unlawfully Freezing Border Wall Funding Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 16, 2021 Following Johnson Request, IHS Strips Convicted Pedophile of Federal Pension Rep.Dusty Johnson
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "Halting border wall construction, reducing enforcement, pausing deportations -- Biden sent the message loud & clear that our border is open. Now we're seeing a predictable crisis of Dems' own making, on pace to break 20-year records." Sen.John Thune
March 16, 2021 Tweet - "The completely avoidable crisis at the border is the predictable result when you relax enforcement, halt border wall construction, pause deportations & increase admissions. Plainly put, this situation is directly caused by this admin's words & actions. We can't have open borders." Sen.John Thune
March 16, 2021 Thune, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Support Law Enforcement Officers Sen.John Thune
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