WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Beef Origin Labeling Accountability Act to bring clarity and to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef products. "Consumers don't know where their beef comes from. It could be South Dakota, Brazil, or Canada," said Johnson. "U.S. producers raise better beef, and they're not getting the credit for  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation that would authorize the Department of Defense to conduct cyber operations against a range of Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), drug cartels chief among them, and require a related strategy. "There is a humanitarian and national security crisi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, teamed up with Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) to introduce the Leadership, Engagement, Accountability, and Development (LEAD) Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would work to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) ability to identify wrongdoing and hold leadership   more

MITCHELL, South Dakota, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: The United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (FY24 NDAA) by a vote of 86-11 last month. The FY24 NDAA included an amendment offered by U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) that bans foreign adversaries from purchasing American farmland and agricultural businesses. Additionally, it would add the Secretary of Agriculture as  more