Honorable John R. Thune
United States Representative, South Dakota, Republican
Representative Thune, the Representative-At-Large from South Dakota, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He was a Special Assistant in the U.S. Small Business Administration from 1987 to 1989, Executive Director of the South Dakota Republican Party from 1989 to 1991, South Dakota Railroad Director from 1991 to 1992, and Executive Director of the South Dakota Municipal League from 1993 to 1996. He serves on the following committees: Agriculture; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Small Business, where he is Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction. The following is from the House floor…
