Campaign News

Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune took action, Wednesday, ensuring beef products labeled ‘Product of the U.S.A.’ are in fact from the United States.

Ethanol backers are unhappy with new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency that could reduce the gallons of ethanol required to be used by oil companies. Senator Mike Rounds says he wants to know why the EPA changed the formula….

A group of 17 senators criticized Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in a letter for not giving landowners a chance to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the country's largest land conservation program. The program relies on landowners volunteering land to be set aside for non-farming purposes, like wildlife habitat.

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced that Ellsworth Air Force Base will be home to the B-21 Formal Training Unit and be the first base to receive an operational squadron of B-21 Raiders, which are the next-generation stealth bombers. This is great news for South Dakota and our national defense. It reaffirms the vital role Ellsworth will play in our defense strategy for years – if not generations – to come.

Rounds, a Republican former two-term governor, is serving his first term in the U.S. Senate and is up for re-election in 2020. His Rounds for Senate committee organized a fundraiser Friday at the Hotel Alex Johnson ballroom in Rapid City that was hosted by a total of 24 couples and individuals and featured U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as a special guest.