WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently introduced a bipartisan resolution to permanently address federal overregulation in America. The Regulation Sensibility Through Oversight Restoration (RESTORE) Resolution of 2024 would establish a Joint Select Committee to conduct a comprehensive review of rules enacted by federal agencies and analyze the feasibility and options for creating a rules review proce  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) this week sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the agency to streamline its process for electronic submission and retention of Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) disclosures. In the letter, the senators note alleged inaccuracies in information publicly posted by   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * America has always been a place where if you work hard, you can get ahead. But it's gotten a lot more challenging in the Biden-Harris economy. Inflation has dealt working families a series of setbacks that have made it harder to get ahead. And it's in large part due to this administration's reckless spending. Three and a half years ago Vice President Harris cast her first tie-breaki  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary: * * * Chief Justice John Roberts likened the job of a judge to calling balls and strikes. I think most Americans would agree with the image of courts functioning as impartial umpires. But in the last few years, as the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a handful of decisions that Democrats don't like, they have embarked on a campaign to delegitimize the court and remake it to their liking. In other words, they a  more