WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and U.S. Reps. Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.), Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today introduced the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act. Their legislation would repeal several outdated federal laws that are discriminatory against Native Americans, including laws tha  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the structure of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security joint task forces in combating the flow of illicit drugs. The report (GAO-19-441) is titled "Drug Control: Certain DOD and DHS Joint Task Forces Should Enhance Their Performance Measures to Better Assess Counterdrug Activities". The report was sent to Sen. Roger F. Wicker, R-Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, an  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * - Bipartisan legislation would provide certainty for farmers and ethanol producers * * * U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) cosponsored the bipartisan RFS Integrity Act of 2019. This legislation seeks to provide more certainty for producers by bringing transparency and predictability to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) small refinery exemption process. The bill would require small refine  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and U.S. Reps. Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.), Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today introduced the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act. Their legislation would repeal several outdated federal laws that are discriminatory against Native Americans, including laws that   more

PITTSFIELD, New Hampshire, July 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Senator Maggie Hassan today visited NobleSpirit to discuss the Supreme Court's backward ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. with the leadership of NobleSpirit and other online retailers in New Hampshire. The Wayfair ruling requires businesses in non-sales tax states to collect sales tax for other states, creating a burdensome new tax collection system that many small businesses are s  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works issued the following testimony by Luke Reiner, director and CEO of the Wyoming Department of Transportation, at a hearing entitled "Investing in America's Surface Transportation Infrastructure: The Need for a Multi-Year Reauthorization Bill": "I am Luke Reiner, Director and chief executive officer of the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Thanks for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am pleased to advise that the trans  more