Mike Rounds: “These awards were hard-earned and well-deserved.”

The prices at the pump are being driven by a global shortage of refining capacity.

What we can and should do right now is explore suspending the federal gas tax through the end of the year to give Americans immediate relief.

We do not have a line-item veto available to the president, [and] this is almost the same thing.

“Does anybody see where I would make a vote that would be different based upon individuals participating in funding my campaign or anybody else’s campaign?” Rounds said.