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Each year in April, millions of Americans file their federal income tax returns. This year’s tax day will be the final year using the old, broken system. Because of the...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) this week received an “Award for Conservative Achievement” from the American Conservative Union (ACU) for consistently...

With 95 percent of the world’s consumers living outside the U.S., free and fair trade in the international market is vital for American producers to thrive and grow. With...

PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on China’s proposed tariffs on U.S. products, including corn, soybeans and beef...

PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs...

PIERRE —U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Coby Mack of Rapid City has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West...

In the United States Senate, we spend much of our time working on legislation, attending committee hearings and making sure federal policies are working for families and...

Spring is just around the corner in South Dakota, and many residents are rightfully concerned about the higher-than-normal snowpack levels in the Upper Missouri River Basin, which...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government for the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to support an amendment to the pending omnibus bill that would stabilize...

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the inclusion of a legislative fix to section 199A of the tax code in the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the inclusion of language in the omnibus that provides a path for the administration to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the inclusion of language to exempt live-load truckers from ELD rules for the remainder of...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act,...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today received an update from Colonel John Edwards and Chief Master...

The Senate recently voted to pass the first major overhaul of our financial system since the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law in 2010. S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today issued the following statement on the Senate passage of S. 2155, The Economic...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DoT) decision to issue an additional 90-day...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cybersecurity Subcommittee, today delivered opening remarks at a hearing to receive testimony on the...