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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today introduced four pieces of legislation outlining agriculture policy priorities for the 119th Congress. This includes legislation...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) today introduced legislation to prevent the smuggling of American-made artificial intelligence (AI) chips...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), co-chairs of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, today introduced legislation aimed at...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today reintroduced the Returning Education to Our States Act, which would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and redistribute...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today reintroduced the Returning Education to Our States Act, which would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and redistribute...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today reintroduced their bipartisan legislation to improve federal rural housing programs and strengthen the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced legislation to help rural hospitals that are at risk of being closed. The Rural Hospital...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), recently introduced Dr. Troy Meink at his SASC nomination hearing. A native...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) was named as one of the top-five most effective Republican lawmakers in the 118th Congress by the Center for Effective Lawmaking...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), co-chairs of the Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Caucus, today reintroduced the MedShield Act of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum requesting the creation of a “Violent Crime...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced that they have reintroduced the Deliver for Democracy Act. This legislation would help rural...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to request the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) develop a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today reintroduced legislation to expand mental health resources and substance use services in rural areas....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today reintroduced legislation to extend the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today introduced a pair of bills that would strengthen Second Amendment rights for military families and full-time travelers. Both...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today filed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Medical Debt...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today issued a statement following unanimous committee passage of his...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) today reintroduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act, legislation to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today introduced legislation to help combat the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in the United States. The Avian...