WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today attempted to pass his Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation that would guarantee medical care for babies who are born alive after an attempted or botched abortion, but Democrats objected. Thune noted that this common-sense bill is a basic standard of decency, and he called out Democrats' extreme position on the issue, which  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Katie Britt (R-Alabama), James Risch (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and John Thune (R-South Dakota) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the U.S. Department of Justice's position on the International Criminal Co  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today launched a nationwide effort to support American farmers and ranchers by including Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) in the 2024 Farm Bill. As the deadline for the Farm Bill approaches on September 30, different policy frameworks have been unveiled by each party in both the House and the Senate, with the House framework already having p  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following statement on June 19, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and top Republican of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, released the following statement on the committee's passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). This is the tenth NDAA that Rounds has helped craft as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. At t  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) recently sent an oversight letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for answers on reports that the Biden Administration granted thousands of illegal immigrants "mass amnesty" by terminating more than 350,000 asylum cases in a two-year period. The report indica  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Angus King (I-Maine) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to help older veterans avoid injuries from costly, dangerous falls. The SAFE STEPS for Veterans Act would establish an Office of Falls Prevention within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and create a falls prevention coordinator role there. The legislation would also create a pilot program for i  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and eight of their colleagues recently sent a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers for Custom and Border Protection's (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) failure to share information about the apprehension and subsequent release of suspects on the terror watchlist into the U.S. "It is evident that the agencies resp  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on June 21, 2024: * * * Biden's Latest Student Loan Giveaway One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court rightly ruled that President Biden did not have the authority to unilaterally forgive federal student loan debt. But that hasn't stopped the president from contriving new student loan giveaways that amount to de facto loan forgiveness and will cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. In April, the pres  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the economic hardship that Americans continue to face due to Democrats' reckless spending. Thune noted that prices continue to rise on President Biden's watch, and American families are having to pay more for everything from groceries and air conditioning to summer camp and cookouts. Thune's remarks below (as p  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to watch the video. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) today spoke at the Senate Republican leadership press conference in strong support of the National Defense Authorization Act raising the topline defense spending level more than $25 billion above the president's budget request. Thune urged Majority Leader Schumer to bring the bill to the floor as quickly as possible and to allow a robust amendment p  more