WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), and John Moolenaar (R-MI) introduced the Farmland Security Act of 2023 to protect food security and national security by strengthening analysis of foreign ownership of American agricultural land. "America's farmland is highly sought after, not only by U.S. producers, but by individuals and companies  more

HURON, South Dakota, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced legislation to designate the Huron Post Office as the "First Lieutenant Thomas Michael Martin Post Office Building." Originally from Huron, 1LT Martin was a 5th generation Beadle County Martin whose great-great-grandfather homesteaded northeast of Huron in the 1880s. He died in action while serving his country in Iraq. "1LT Martin represents the best  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * A Strong America is a Secure America Recent events have laid bare the fact that we live in a dangerous world, and they reinforce the importance of a strong national defense and military readiness. There will, unfortunately, always be people bent on aggression who threaten our security and the freedoms we hold dear. The surest way to protect our people and national interests is from   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 10 a.m. on Nov. 30, 2023, at 328A Russell Senate Office Building: Nominees * Dr. Basil Ivanhoe Gooden, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, vice Xochitl Torres Small * The Honorable Summer K. Mersinger, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2028   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: The United States Senate unanimously passed legislation offered by U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) that would give Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) greater input over federal funding discussions that impact them. The National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) Improvement Act now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives. "I am pleased that the NACIE Improve  more