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The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked our planet and nothing has been the same since it began. We all want the world to go back to normal and with the emergence of successful COVID-19...

It’s hard to believe Christmas is here again. This season is usually a time of great celebration. There are large Christmas Eve services, visits with Santa, cities hosting...

 As COVID-19 vaccine development continues to progress, South Dakotans have asked me important questions, such as the plan to distribute a vaccine or when it will be...

PIERRE–U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar about changes in...

FORT PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) decision to rescind its Record of Decision...

WASHINGTON--U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced bipartisan legislation to help health care providers continue delivering tele-health services...

I’m not savvy with social media by today’s standards. I’m pretty good with texting and emailing, but for the most part, I’m old fashioned and appreciate a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined a bipartisan group of senators in a letter to the administration to support physician training programs in rural...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and 13 other colleagues to introduce the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act of...

PIERRE – U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation this week that would promote the creation of educational courses for...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced the U.S. MADE Act of 2020 to decrease U.S. dependence on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), along with Sens. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Thom...

When the Senate goes back into session the week of July 20, one of the proposals we’ll be working on is a “phase four” coronavirus relief package. The last...

WASHINGTON –U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) joined a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), in calling for the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) this week applauded the Senate for passing their legislation that would allow tribal grant schools to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced legislation to make sure that servicemembers and veterans with previous exposure to...

When the Senate passed emergency COVID-19 relief legislation—called the CARES Act—in late March, our country was experiencing the early stages of the pandemic....

As our entire lives continue to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, many South Dakotans are increasingly frustrated by the impact it’s having on our businesses, our jobs,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) wrote a letter calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take additional measures to make...

As COVID-19 continues to spread in our state and across the country, South Dakotans are reaching out to my office for answers about how this virus will impact the economy and their...