Senator Mike Rounds
@SenatorRounds
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U.S. Senator for South Dakota
Fort Pierre, South Dakota
Joined January 2015
Pleased to be in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump as he signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law. I worked with President Trump on this bill that delivers real results for South Dakota and our servicemembers, including a well-deserved pay raise for our
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"This guy is NOT a good guy at all." @SenatorRounds describes the crimes Nicolas Maduro committed while operating as a quasi-state leader in Venezuela.
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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas season surrounded by friends and family and that the new year has begun on a positive note. I was blessed to spend the holidays with my friends and family at my home in Fort Pierre. We had a great time celebrating our holiday traditions and
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President Trump inherited a mess of a Southern border from the Biden administration. Under the previous administration there were 10.5 million illegal border crossings, marking a record-high level of illegal immigration. Compare this to now: for the seventh consecutive month,
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President Trump has sent a message to the world that if you harm the United States of America, you will face the consequences. Nicolas Maduro is an illegitimate leader and an indicted narco terrorist. His support of the cartels in Venezuela killed thousands of Americans over
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A good visual representation of the “Unaffordable” Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Federal spending on Obamacare has DOUBLED since 2020. In 2024, taxpayers covered nearly 80% of premiums, pouring $114 BILLION straight to insurers. Subsidize something, you get more of it.
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Thanks to our Working Families Tax Cut Act passed this summer, South Dakota will receive $189 million in federal funding for rural health care in FY2026. This provision in our legislation is a major investment in strengthening access to care across South Dakota’s rural
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Funding coming from Congress through One Big Beautiful Bill
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Democrats do not have a feasible plan to lower health care costs. They would rather continue to use the same broken policies that have made health care unaffordable. Extending COVID-era Obamacare subsidies for 3 years without Hyde amendment protections, which prohibit federal
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Big thank you to all of our fall semester interns for their help: Lizzy of Mitchell and Charlezton of Milbank in DC (pictured) and Cate, Regan and Gabrielle in Sioux Falls. Interns are a crucial part of our operations in DC and in South Dakota. We’re grateful for the opportunity
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Today marks 135 years since the Wounded Knee Massacre. We reflected on this solemn anniversary with a ceremony on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the site where these events took place. This year’s anniversary held additional meaning: our legislation to place these 40 acres into
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Merry Christmas from my family to yours! Wishing you a blessed day and holiday season with your loved ones.
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Terrible news from my friend and former colleague Ben Sasse. Praying for him and his entire family as they tackle this next chapter.
Friends- This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die. Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence.
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Americans will see a $3,752 tax cut on average next year thanks to the Working Families Tax Cut passed this summer. South Dakota families will be able to keep more of their hard-earned money in their own pockets.
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Sat down with South Dakota State Forester, Marcus Warnke, to discuss how we can work together to keep South Dakota’s nearly 2 million acres of forest healthy.
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President Trump has officially signed the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act into law. The land at this symbolic and sacred site will now be held in possession of both the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to be preserved for future generations. I’m
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Good visiting with Stephen Williamson, Associate VP at Southeast Technical College Foundation about their plan to invest in advanced manufacturing and the trades.
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Yesterday, the Senate passed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. The NDAA is a great example of what we can accomplish when we work together. I’m grateful to have worked on this legislation from beginning to end for the 11th year in a row. This year’s NDAA authorizes
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Spot on!
Yep, 💯. Americans know: Dems wrote Obamacare. Obamacare passed w/ no GOP votes. Dems created the Obamacare COVID credits (to hide their high costs) w/ no GOP votes. Then, Dems extended those credits AND chose a Dec 2025 expiration date... w/ no GOP votes.
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We applaud President Trump’s leadership and the hard work of his administration in the creation of the Tech Force program. Artificial Intelligence is not going away. For the U.S. to win the AI race with China, we need experts in government who have a deep understanding of this
Your government needs YOU to transform the federal government through modern software development. If you’re up for a huge challenge, join 1,000 of the country’s best and brightest technologists in the inaugural class of @USTechForce. We are partnering with the top U.S.
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Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Wishing a happy Festival of Lights to all who celebrate.
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