WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), John Thune (R-South Dakota), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada), Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) today introduced a resolution recognizing deterrence is most credible when the President keeps all options on   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) and six additional colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In their letter, the Senators focus on the devastating impact of fentanyl in the United States and the PRC's role in the fentanyl supply chain. The  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) was awarded the American Farm Bureau Federation's (AFBF) 2022 Golden Plow Award for superior commitment and leadership on behalf of U.S. agriculture. "Securing wins for South Dakota and American agriculture is one of my top priorities in Congress," said Johnson. "It's an honor to receive the Golden Plow Award from the American Farm   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - This week, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act unanimously passed the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. This is the identical Senate companion, led by U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), to U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson's (R-S.D.) bill that passed the House unanimously in September 2023. "The events that happened at Wounded Knee on De  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) led his colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In their letter, the senators focus on the devastating impact of fentanyl in the United States and the PRC's role in the fentanyl supply chain. The letter calls on President Biden to urge President Xi to  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing titled, "Oversight of Financial Regulators: Protecting Main Street Not Wall Street." Click HERE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1dBaXKgEhw) to listen to Rounds' opening remarks. "As a direct result of these regulations and proposa  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and 26 Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin denouncing the Department of Defense's policy of paying the travel expenses of those service members and dependents seeking abortions. "You have broken your promise to the American people not to politicize the military, and your actions have harmed and   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen tribal economic development programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Rural Economic-Development Assistance and Consultation to Help (REACH) Our Tribes Act would improve USDA's tribal consultation, data reporting and interagen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following remarks on Nov. 17, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivered remarks ahead of the committee considering his legislation, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act. The bill, introduced by Rounds and Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), unanimously passed out of committee. Companion legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Co  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today questioned witnesses at a hearing on leveraging technology and artificial intelligence (AI) in U.S. agriculture. Thune welcomed Dr. Jose-Marie Griffiths, president of Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota, to testify on the potential of AI within the agriculture industry and w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), all members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023. The bipartisan legislation establishes a framework to bo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the incredible burden South Dakotans are facing as a result of "Bidenomics." Thune noted that Americans are having to deal with record-high prices and sky-high interest rates on credit cards, mortgages, and car loans due to President Biden's big-government, big-spending agenda. Thune's remarks below (as prepared for delivery): "Mr. Pres  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed how President Biden's misguided energy policies have put the United States on a dangerous trajectory that jeopardizes national security. Thune noted that the president should pursue an all-of-the-above energy policy that would reduce the United States' reliance on foreign sources of energy and strengthen America's defense against global threats. Thune's remar  more