Finding a Level Playing Field By Rep. Kristi Noem Around 95 percent of the world’s consumers live outside our borders. If we can’t reach foreign consumers on a level playing field, our growth is limited. For years, China has exploited its massive purchasing power, often at the expense of American farmers, ranchers and manufacturers. When […]
Noem Statement on U.S.-Mexico Trade Negotiations Washington, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today released the following statement following President Donald Trump’s announcement of a preliminary agreement with Mexico on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations: “South Dakota producers grow the world’s best corn, soybeans, livestock, and small grains, and they deserve to be able […]
A New School Year Begins for South Dakota Students By U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) Across South Dakota, students and educators are gearing up for a new school year. While Jean and I no longer have school-age kids, we enjoy seeing how excited our grandkids are for their first day of school. Making sure students […]
Unpacking Education Reform By Rep. Kristi Noem Boy, did the summer fly by! We fell a little behind on school shopping this year, but after searching the entire eastern side of South Dakota for college-ruled notebooks (it seemed like that anyway…), we got everything wrapped up just in time. Maybe part of the delay was […]
Noem Releases Veterans Initiative Operation: Rally Point seeks to provide resources, support and guidance to the state’s 72,000 veterans HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – Kristi Noem today released her veterans initiative while visiting the State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, which is known as The Veterans Town. The effort, which she’s coined as OPERATION: RALLY POINT, […]
Rounds Statement on EPA’s Proposed Affordable Clean Energy Rule WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Chairman of the EPW Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight, today issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. […]
From the Brown County Fair this past week, I didn’t know Randy Seiler wanted to Make America Great Again, but here are Republican candidate for Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and Democrat candidate Randy Seiler posing together with President Trump’s cut-out.
Fueling the Economy By Rep. Kristi Noem I’ve supported ethanol for a long time – and for a lot of different reasons. Ramping up ethanol production expands commodity markets, helping support South Dakota farmers. The communities where ethanol production facilities are located receive tremendous economic benefits from the jobs and investments that are driven into […]
South Dakota Ag Community: Stability is Crucial as we do our Part to Feed and Fuel the World By U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) In South Dakota and across the Midwest, harvest time is nearly upon us. Farmers are preparing to market their crop, and for many of them prices remain low. Low commodity prices […]
Confronting Iran By Rep. Kristi Noem In 2015, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the slogan “Death to America.” That same year, President Barack Obama signed a faulty nuclear deal with Iran that failed to stop them from acquiring nuclear capabilities, undermined the security of our ally Israel, and flooded Iran with cash, producing a $150 […]