WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing deep concern about the rise in terrorists crossing the southern border and asking for plans to bolster border and internal security measures. In addition to Crapo and Risch, Senators Todd Young (R-Indiana), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Vi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Biofuels Caucus Co-chairs Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) Adrian Smith (R-NE), Angie Craig (D-MN), and Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced the Adopt Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its greenhouse gas modeling for renewable fuels. The Adopt GREET Act would require the EPA to adopt the Arg  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing on securing financial protections for service members, veterans and their families. Click HERE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmhig8ITwiQ) to listen to Rounds' opening remarks. "Protecting the financial well-being of our men a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led the South Dakota and North Dakota congressional delegations in sending a letter to Indian Health Service (IHS) Director Roselyn Tso urging IHS to expand access to outside health care services in both states. "We write today in support of efforts to consider expanding the Purchased and Referred Car  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and the Republicans on the Banking Committee in urging the Biden administration to confront the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) expanding footprint in the U.S. financial system and global payments market. In their letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * Service and Sacrifice Etched into stone at the Korean War Memorial are the words, "Freedom is not free." The generations of Americans who have made immense sacrifices in service to the United States know all too well what it costs to defend our country and secure our freedoms. They know what they sacrificed - their families do too - and they know others who made the ultimate sacrifice  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.); Tim Scott (R-S.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; and John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; today led more than 20 of their colleagues in urging the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about President Biden's failed border policies that have jeopardized our national security. Thune highlighted the third consecutive record-breaking year of illegal border crossings under President Biden, as well as the influx of individuals on the terrorist watchlist who have attempted to enter the c  more