04.08.25

Thune Recaps Successful First 100 Days of 119th Congress

“[W] e’re excited about what we’ve gotten done so far, but we know there’s a lot more work to do, and we intend to work closely with President Trump and his team, with our counterparts in the House of Representatives, as together we move forward with an agenda that is a good one for the American people and deliver on the mandate that we got in the election last November.”

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership:

Thune’s remarks below (as delivered):

“Well, good afternoon.

“We are wrapping up our first 100 days here in the United States Senate, and I couldn’t be prouder of what our colleagues have accomplished, the things that we’ve gotten done.

“We have moved the president’s nominees through the Senate in the fastest … pace in 20 years.

“We did the longest continuous Senate session – 10 weeks – that we’ve had in 15 years.

“And obviously we’ve rolled back a lot of really onerous and burdensome Biden administration regulations through the Congressional Review Act.

“We passed Laken Riley, which the president has signed into law, the HALT Fentanyl bill … both important and consequential … pieces of legislation.

“And we passed a budget resolution that sets us up to do the things that we have on our agenda, along with President Trump, and that is to extend the Trump tax cuts, obviously to rebuild the military, restore American energy dominance, and secure our southern border – at the same time that we are saving money, finding ways to have the government operate in a less costly and more efficient way and attacking deficit reduction.

“So I’m hopeful that, as we head into this week, now, that the House will be able to act on the Senate budget resolution so we can get the reconciliation process started, which is where we actually do the hard work of ensuring that there isn’t a $4 trillion tax increase on the American people at the end of the year; where we’re actually building the wall and taking the steps to secure our southern border; where we’re actually preparing our military to face any of the threats that they face in an increasingly dangerous world; and also lowering the … cost of gasoline and other forms of energy in this country through the energy reforms that we intend to make.

“So we’re excited about what we’ve gotten done so far, but we know there’s a lot more work to do, and we intend to work closely with President Trump and his team, with our counterparts in the House of Representatives, as together we move forward with an agenda that is a good one for the American people and deliver on the mandate that we got in the election last November.”