WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to introduce the Asylum Abuse Reduction Act. Companion legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives. "Our immigration system is flawed and too many individuals are manipulating our generous asylum laws to illegally enter the U.S.," said Rounds. "  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Cybersecurity Subcommittee, along with Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), today introduced the US-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Act, bipartisan legislation that would require the State Department to investigate potential benefits of establishing a joint US-Israel cybersecurity center. "As chairman of the Cybersecurity Su  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * - Cuts down on excessive bureaucracy to give student veterans timelier benefits through the VA Work-Study Program * * * U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) are introducing bipartisan legislation to provide timelier education benefits to student veterans across the country. Excessive bureaucracy at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has caused significant delays in  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today made the following statement after the committee voted to advance bipartisan legislation to improve our nation's roads and bridges. "Today, the Senate EPW Committee took an important step toward improving our nation's roads and bridges, which benefits every American and helps keep our economy stron  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks on how he has worked to address South Dakota priorities in Congress: "I always find that the end of the July work period here in D.C. is a good time to take stock of the year so far. "I'm looking forward to getting out of D.C. in the next few days and heading home to South Dakota. "I'm lucky enough to get to meet with South Dakotans most weekends, but congressional recesses provide unbroken blocks of ti  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following op-ed: "Great faces. Great places." If you live in South Dakota or have traveled to the state, you've seen it on license plates and billboards, and some of you might have even had the catchy South Dakota Department of Tourism jingle ("Great faaaces. Great plaaaces. South Dakota!") stuck in your head at one point or another, too. If not, maybe you do now ... It's a great slogan for a state that's home to the faces of   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week reintroduced legislation that would stop states with a sales tax from creating red tape for small businesses as a result of last year's Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. "Small businesses in Oregon have been tied up in a sea of red tape since the Supreme Court's decision in Wayfair allowed other states to require them to collect sales tax on   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week reintroduced legislation that would stop states with a sales tax from creating red tape for small businesses as a result of last year's Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. "Small businesses in Oregon have been tied up in a sea of red tape since the Supreme Court's decision in Wayfair allowed other states to require them to collect sales tax on onl  more