WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-01) joined Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) in introducing the Year-Round E15 Act, bipartisan legislation that would allow for the sale of E15 across eight Midwestern states. The bipartisan Year-Round E15 Act would extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to ethanol blends above 10 percent to allow for the year-round sale of E15 in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Minnes  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and 41 of his Republican Senate colleagues signed on to a letter led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) calling on the Senate to fulfill its constitutional duty by holding a trial to consider the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "Our brave men and women at Customs and Border Protect  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly column: * * * I've been on the road visiting with farmers, ranchers, foresters, rural community leaders and nutrition specialists since we began undertaking the daunting task of writing a new farm bill. At the invitation of my colleagues, I've traveled across the country to hear directly from stakeholders as to what we need to include in this contract between Congress and our nation's agriculture community. In  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on April 19, 2024: * * * Senate Democrats Can't Sweep the Border Crisis Under the Rug By Sen. John Thune For the 22nd time in American history, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached a federal official: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House put forward serious charges regarding the secretary's actions as a chief architect of the Biden administration's lax borde  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about Iran's recent attack on Israel. Thune criticized President Biden's record of appeasing Iran, and he called on the president and congressional Democrats to stand strongly with our ally Israel and against Iranian aggression. Thune's remarks below (as prepared for delivery): "Mr. President, this weekend Iran and  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) vote to reimpose onerous net neutrality regulations, which is planned for next week. Thune noted that this proposal closely resembles rules implemented during the Obama administration that led to less competition, declining broadband investment, and slower interne  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding the Biden administration's decision to allow the summertime sale of E15 fuel: "Year-round access to E15 fuel is a huge win for American drivers, farmers, and the environment," said the senators. "Higher blends of home-grown ethanol en  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the impeachment of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Thune noted that Senate Democrats' decision to dismiss the case without a trial to examine the evidence is unprecedented and denies the American people and the Senate the opportunity to hold the Biden administration accountabl  more