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  PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today nominated Dairy Queen of Madison, owned by DeLon...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) today joined 16 of their Senate colleagues in writing to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Stanley County High School student Ryan Habeck has been offered an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy, which...

Whenever any federal agency tries to implement new rules, transparency behind the rule-making process is important so the American people have an opportunity to understand their...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Jayden Pittmann of Baltic has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at...

WASHINGTON–U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, along with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), today introduced the Better...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on steps that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking to increase transparency at the...

Earlier this month, the United States, in conjunction with our allies Great Britain and France, conducted missile strikes against three Syrian chemical facilities in response to...

Each year in April, millions of Americans file their federal income tax returns. This year’s tax day will be the final year using the old, broken system. Because of the...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) this week received an “Award for Conservative Achievement” from the American Conservative Union (ACU) for consistently...

With 95 percent of the world’s consumers living outside the U.S., free and fair trade in the international market is vital for American producers to thrive and grow. With...

PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on China’s proposed tariffs on U.S. products, including corn, soybeans and beef...

PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs...

PIERRE —U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Coby Mack of Rapid City has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West...

In the United States Senate, we spend much of our time working on legislation, attending committee hearings and making sure federal policies are working for families and...

Spring is just around the corner in South Dakota, and many residents are rightfully concerned about the higher-than-normal snowpack levels in the Upper Missouri River Basin, which...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government for the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to support an amendment to the pending omnibus bill that would stabilize...