PRess Releases

Jacob Chestnut. John Gibson. They’re not household names instantly recognizable. They were sons, husbands and fathers. They were two regular people, just like the rest of us,...

WASHINGTON–U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today joined Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and a number of their Senate colleagues to introduce the Protect and Serve Act,...

During the month of August, Congress traditionally takes an extended break from Washington to spend time at home to hear firsthand from their constituents, and this year is no...

PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) announced that nine South Dakota students he nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force...

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...

This year marks the 60th consecutive year that the U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act—or NDAA. The NDAA is one of the most important...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the SASC Cybersecurity Subcommittee, today made the...

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...

The United States military is the best in the world. Our all-volunteer force is made up of men and women from different backgrounds and different states, but what they all have in...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and Chairman of the SASC Cybersecurity Subcommittee, made the following...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Lincoln High School graduate Julia Lair has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Naval...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today reintroduced the Protect our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act. This legislation would allow military spouses...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that O’Gorman High School student Zachary Curd has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S....

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Harrisburg High School senior Pierce Okken has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S. Air...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Lincoln High School student Max Martin has received fully qualified offers of appointment to the U.S. Naval...

WASHINGTON– U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today joined Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Kelly...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that his principal nominee to the U.S. Air Force Academy, Corwyn “Ethan” Wipf, has received a fully...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Brookings High School student Ellie Abraham has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S....

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that T.F. Riggs High School student Isaac Buchholtz has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S....

PIERRE—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today announced that Madeline Loewe, a student at Lennox High School, has received a fully qualified offer of appointment to the U.S....