Rounds Statement on End of Ban on U.S. Beef Imports to China WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today made the following statement after the administration announced the end of the ban on U.S. beef imports to China: “Agriculture is South Dakota’s number one industry, with nearly 3.85 million head of cattle,” said Rounds. “I am […]
Regulatory Rollback By Rep. Kristi Noem The number of regulations coming out of Washington has plummeted under President Trump, providing much-needed relief to South Dakotans who have had to carry the burden of the Obama administration’s eight-year regulatory onslaught. In fact, between Inauguration Day and the end of May, the Trump administration has approved just […]
A Better Way to Determine How Your Tax Dollars are Spent By Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) President Trump recently sent his first budget proposal to Congress. Historically, a president’s budget, which is required by law to be submitted annually, is viewed as a framework for the administration’s priorities and typically kicks off the appropriations process […]
Reforming the Indian Health Service By Rep. Kristi Noem For years, federal reports have documented shocking cases of mismanagement and poorly delivered care within the Indian Health Service – more often referred to as the IHS. The agency was left to make improvements on its own, but even with consistent funding increases, it produced an […]
Rounds Statement on President’s Decision to Exit Paris Climate Agreement WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement: “The Paris Climate Agreement placed costly new energy restrictions on the United States, which would be passed on to consumers in the form of higher […]
Bob Ellis at American Clarion is apparently calling it a day in his own inimitable way: Yeah, and having watched not only rank and file RINOs make these things happen, but in 2016 to actually watch many conservatives whom I’d been in the trenches with completely whore their professed values out in support of a […]
From the Washington Examiner: Republicans held onto Montana’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday night, even after GOP nominee Greg Gianforte was cited for misdemeanor assault against a reporter hours before the polls opened. Rob Quist, a Democrat from the Bernie Sanders wing of the party, proved a prodigious fundraiser by collecting […]
This week marked a 1-2 punch against the much maligned Consumer Protection Finance Bureau (CFPB) as not only was the overzealous government agency’s existence argued against in front of the 11-member court of appeals, but President Trump’s presented budget literally guts funding for the agency under the Republican president. First – the court case: Theodore Olson, […]
Noem Applauds DOE for Revoking Deep Borehole Field Test Proposal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem today applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement that the agency “does not intend to continue supporting the Deep Borehole Field Test project.” Locations in Haakon and Spink counties were considered as sites for the testing, but significant concerns […]
Elizabeth Warren’s mutant stepchild, the Consumer Finance Protection Board has been signaling as of late that they are looking to look into various aspects of small business lending in a big way – and given their track record, that could spell trouble for community lenders: “Small businesses fuel America’s economic engine, create jobs, and nurture communities. […]