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The Senate recently passed a bipartisan, comprehensive energy bill that will increase energy security and help keep energy costs low for South Dakota families. The Energy Policy...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), along with U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), today introduced S. 2826, the bipartisan Promoting Value Based Defense Procurement...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today offered an amendment to the Energy and Water appropriations bill that would authorize the use of up to $2 million within...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today issued the following statement on the Senate’s...
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04.15.2016
Weekly Column: Managing the Missouri
As the snow melts away and spring sets in throughout South Dakota, the Missouri River is beginning to swell. For some, this brings back memories of the catastrophic 2011 flood... -
04.13.2016
Rounds Introduces RESPECT Act
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today introduced the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act. The RESPECT... -
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today cosponsored the Detainee Transfer Transparency Act, legislation...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight,...
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PIERRE—U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), members of the Senate Banking Committee, today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
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WASHINGTON--U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) made the following statement on the administration's proposed move to loosen sanctions on Iran by giving them limited access to U.S....
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Since taking office in January 2015, it has become clear to me that Indian Health Service (IHS), specifically in the Great Plains Area, which covers South Dakota, North Dakota,...
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04.06.2016
Rounds Introduces Iran Cyber Sanctions Act
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today introduced the Iran Cyber Sanctions Act, which would require the president to submit a report to Congress detailing... -
04.06.2016
Rounds Statement on Fiduciary Rule
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today issued the following statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) released its... -
04.04.2016
Rounds Attends Keel Laying Ceremony for the Navy’s 17th Virginia Class Submarine SOUTH DAKOTA
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today spoke at the keel laying ceremony for the SSN-790, which will be... -
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), along with 42 of his Senate colleagues, today filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a...
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As our daily lives grow increasingly reliant on technology, we need to understand how to best protect ourselves, our businesses and our country from a cyberattack. Governments and...
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North Sioux City—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Waste, Superfund and Oversight Management, today...
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For more than 100 years, people from all over the world have been visiting Washington, D.C., during the spring to catch a glimpse of the cherry blossom trees lining the National...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Waste, Superfund and Oversight Management, announced...
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03.18.2016
Six Year Check-Up of Obamacare
Six years ago, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. Commonly called Obamacare, this law was intended to provide all Americans with access to quality,...