WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) released the following statement after the verdict was announced in Former President Trump's New York trial: "This verdict probably helps former President Trump grow his support politically. The left is so disconnected from the pulse of America. They've underestimated the disgust with Washington, D.C. and the bureaucracy that is crushing families and the economy. Now  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) recently called on the Biden administration to increase its timber harvesting targets in the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). In a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Randy Moore, the senators sounded the alarm on the USFS's forest management policies that have reduced the number of trees available to harvest and compromised the health of t  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary: * * * No Escape From 'Bidenomics' Life is more expensive in the Biden economy. Today, a typical South Dakota household is paying $1,064 more per month just to maintain the same standard of living it had when the president took office. And after three-plus years of higher prices and tighter budgets, there's still no end in sight. Since President Biden took office, prices have risen by nearly 20 percent. Gr  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 (TNSres) -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and his bipartisan Senate AI Working Group recently released a roadmap for artificial intelligence. This report summarizes the findings from their AI insight forums and lays out policy topics that the group believes merit bipartisan committee consideration in the 118th Congress and beyond in order to solidify the United States as a leader in AI. M  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently called on the Biden administration to increase its timber harvesting targets in the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). In a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Randy Moore, the senators sounded the alarm on the USFS's forest management policies that have reduced the number of trees available to harvest and compromised the health of the BHN  more