WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * After More Than a Year of Closure, Feenstra Helps Reopen Post Office in Charter Oak HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) announced that, following repeated requests by his office, the Charter Oak Post Office reopened last week after more than a year of closure. After being contacted by a constituent, Feenstra's office reached out to the Consumer Affairs Manager for the Iowa-Nebraska-S  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced South Dakota's Congressional App Challenge (CAC), a competition designed to encourage student participation in computer science and coding, will be hosting its annual coding competition this year. "The Congressional App Challenge is a great tool to encourage high sch  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson, Moore Legislation Aims to Prevent Foreign Takeovers and Closures of U.S. Businesses The American Ownership and Resilience Act would prevent the offshoring of American businesses, strengthen domestic supply chains, and invest in American workers Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Blake Moore (R-UT), Lori Trahan (D-MA), and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduce  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson, Thompson, Hill, and Steil Release Digital Asset Market Structure Discussion Draft Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Chairman Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), House Committee on Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson (R-PA), House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (R-AR), and House Commit  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Introduces Bill to Extend Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act to Prevent Cyber Security Threats WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced a bipartisan bill to extend the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 for an additional ten years. CISA, signed   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds, Heinrich Seeking Public Input on Initiative to Accelerate Advancements in American Science (ASAP) WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today released a Request for Information (RFI) for the American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP), a bipartisan initiative aimed at making advancements in U.S. science ten times faster by 2030. The RFI invites resear  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds, Heinrich Seeking Public Input on Initiative to Accelerate Advancements in American Science (ASAP) WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today released a Request for Information (RFI) for the American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP), a bipartisan initiative aimed at making advancements in U.S. science ten times faster by 2030. The RFI invites resear  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune Joins Fox and Friends "Democrats are going to scream no matter what because that's what they do. They grow government, and when they're in power, they spend - and when we're in power, we want to make the economy the place where we get the growth and where people get better-paying jobs and better health care and everything else." Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majo  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune Joins Larry Kudlow on Fox Business Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business. On tax permanency: "[W]e want to make sure that we get the 2017 TCJA made permanent. Particularly, you get all those pro-growth provisions... bonus depreciation and interest deductibility and R&D expensing - things that  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune Joins Squawk Box Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin on CNBC's Squawk Box. On tax permanency: "[If] you look at what is being proposed, and what I would argue is the thing that's different is permanence... If you do this on a permanent basis, Tax Foundation, for example,   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Full Steam Ahead on the Bipartisan GENIUS Act Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, it's been well over a decade since the term 'cryptocurrency' entered our lexicon. "Like many innovations, cryptocurrencies were at firs  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Republicans Fighting to Prevent Democrats' Small Business Tax Hike Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at a press conference with Senate Republican leadership: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Well, good afternoon, everyone. "I think, as everybody knows, this is Small Business Week, which is the week when we ce  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Senate Democrats Inexplicably Filibuster Bipartisan Stablecoin Bill Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, let me just say that Democrats have just used the filibuster for the fourth time this year. "Why? "Well, in thi  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Senate Republicans Work to Lift Unnecessary Government Regulations Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, as I said on the floor yesterday, when I meet with South Dakota business owners, I often tell them to let [me] know:  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Senate Republicans' Reconciliation Bill Will Make America Stronger Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, one of Republicans' biggest priorities this year is extending the tax relief we passed in 2017 and preventing a mass  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Thune: Small Businesses Are the Backbone of Our Economy Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor: Thune's remarks below (as delivered): "Mr. President, this is Small Business Week. "A time to celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators in our communities. "The farmers and ranchers.   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary: * * * To Protect and Serve Every day, men and women in communities across America put on their uniform and badge and go to work protecting the public. Police officers can't be sure what their day will bring, but they know duty often calls them into dark places, to run toward danger, and confront evil. During Police Week, we have a chance to express our gratitude for their selfless service. The job descrip  more