Mike Rounds

The appropriations process is one way we work to deliver real results for South Dakota.

Royce Williams is a real-life Top Gun, a true American hero and will now be a recipient of our nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor.

This legislation is an important step toward making housing more accessible and affordable for families across South Dakota and the country.

These provisions will help expand our housing supply, especially in rural areas where the need is greatest.

The 21st Century Road to Housing Act includes several of my bills that modernize rural housing programs and cut unnecessary red tape that slows housing development.

Access to safe, affordable housing is essential to the strength of our communities and the future of South Dakota.

For rural South Dakotans who do not own a vehicle, transit services are a lifeline to reach their jobs, medical appointments, grocery stores and other necessities.

Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but too often they struggle to access the capital needed to expand and create jobs.

I was glad to see that the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ FY27 budget request does support funding for tribally operated or affiliated radio stations in Indian country.

I like the approach that you're taking in returning it back to the states.

The latest scores from the National Assessment for Educational Progress, they're really kind of a national embarrassment.

I am concerned, as most of the people on this committee are, with regards to the direction that education has been going nationally since the creation of the Education Department.

I am pleased that the Stop Stealing our Chips Act has passed the Senate.

Our bipartisan legislation establishes the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR), which will provide tools and resources for universities and researchers across the country.

The fear is, is if you regulate it, you slow it down. If you don't regulate it, you have people that could get hurt.

It is not our peace plan.

They want to utilize it as a starting point.

No. Not on its current form.

I think there's a lot of us that really think the Senate was designed in the first place to find a long term, stable solution to problems, so we'll listen to what the president has to say.

The departure of General Haugh is a loss for our nation but will be a tremendous gain for any private or public entity where he decides to lend his expertise and leadership.

Threatening to be able to cause chaos on Wall Street would be something that they would love to do.

But all it takes is a blip on the financial markets to delay certain trades by just milliseconds, to put the market into an entirely different attitude about the security and the soundness of being able to make those transactions happen.

We do not have enough of these types of leaders, and a loss of any one of them without strong justification is disappointing.

Those are areas that they would love to [access] just so that when the time comes, in my opinion, they can look at it and simply say, 'We know where you're at. Don't mess with us. We're capable of causing real problems for you long term.'

All it takes is a blip on the financial markets to delay certain trades by just milliseconds, to put the market into an entirely different attitude about the security and the soundness of being able to make those transactions happen.