WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) was presented with the 2019 Fueling Growth Award from Growth Energy for being a leading voice for ethanol, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the biofuels industry. Growth Energy is a leading advocate for the ethanol industry. "Corn and corn ethanol production play a vital role in South Dakota's economy and in our nation's fuel supply. "At a time of low commodity pri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place on Sept. 11, 2001: Thune also discussed the severe weather that caused significant structural damage throughout Sioux Falls, South Dakota, last night. "Mr. President, before I begin, I need to mention the tornado that tore through my hometown of Sioux Falls last night. "Thankfully there appear to have been no fatalities, but t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today discussed his work during the August state work period, which he spent traveling throughout South Dakota, meeting with constituents, visiting fairs, and he even held a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation field hearing on rural broadband in Sioux Falls. Thune's remarks below (as prepared for delivery): "Mr. President, it was a good August. "Whi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to roll back the Obama administration's waters of the U.S. rule: "WOTUS was one of the most ill-conceived ideas to have ever emerged from a federal government agency - the kind of idea that gives the federal bureaucracy a bad name. "Opening up nearly every body of water, no matter how large or small they might be, to federal jurisdiction would be   more