State Senator Lee Schoenbeck is quoted extensively in a new article from British website “The Guardian,” where the good Senator offers his opinion on embattled South Dakota politico Paul Erickson: Years after Schoenbeck first met Erickson, when the brother of one of Schoenbeck’s school buddies married Erickson’s sister, he heard reports through the grapevine about […]
Thune: Democrats Refuse to Go on the Record on Their Green New Deal “My hope is that Democrats will turn away from the outlandish Green New Deal proposal they’re using to cater to their left-wing base and instead come to the table to work with Republicans in Congress to come up with cost-effective solutions to […]
Breaking from The Hill comes the Attorney General’s report of the Mueller investigation’s findings: “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election,” Barr’s letter to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, which […]
It Was Good to See You By Sen. John Thune There are nearly 900,000 people who call South Dakota home, so when I’m not in Washington, either after the Senate wraps up its work for the week or during an extended state work period, like the one we just had, I do my best to […]
The free speech act recently passed by the South Dakota legislature and signed by Governor Noem is receiving national coverage, most recently in the Washington Times: “Our university campuses should be places where students leave their comfort zones and learn about competing ideas and perspectives,” Gov. Kristi Noem said in a statement. “I hope this […]
National Emergency Declaration: A Primer By U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) Congress and the administration have been in a months-long debate over border barrier funding. In fact, it was this debate that led to the longest partial government shutdown in our history. The shutdown ended in February after Congress passed a funding bill that allotted […]
From my mailbox: Dear Friend , At what point did it become acceptable to jeopardize the safety and security of our nation simply to score political points? That’s EXACTLY what Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and their friends in the media have done in their desperate attempt to stop President Donald J. Trump from securing our […]
Rounds on Fox Business: I Support the President’s National Emergency Declaration Rounds will vote against ‘Resolution of Disapproval’ in the Senate; vote expected later today WASHINGTON – This morning on Fox Business, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) told host Maria Bartiromo that he supports President Trump’s use of a national emergency declaration to reallocate money […]
Thune: Time For Democrats to Stop Playing Partisan Games With Qualified Nominees “Democrats’ unprecedented obstruction has also eaten up time the Senate could have been spending on other priorities – from growing our economy to making health care more affordable to helping Americans save for education and their retirement.” Click here or on the picture […]
Rounds Statement on EPA’s Proposed Rule on E-15 Waiver During his Confirmation Process, Rounds Pressed EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to Move Forward on Year-Round Sales of E-15 in Time for Summer Driving Season WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement […]