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Investing in America
energy needs. BIG News The Hot Springs Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Clinic's dialysis center
Weekly Round[s] Up: June 22-28, 2026
Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Andrea Travnicek ; Dr. Christopher Phelan, nominee … Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Cruz visited
Weekly Round[s] Up: Jun 15-22, 2026
Jeff Ledbetter, Nominee for Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Sarah Heck, Head
Security and Stewardship
Weekly Column BIG Update The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a comprehensive plan to support small … agencies to assess fraud risks and gives the Department of the Treasury the authority to return questionable payments
Building a Stronger America
infrastructure. Some of these priorities are prohibiting the Department of Transportation from using Chinese Communist Party
Powering America from the Plains
discuss how to best support local fire departments with equipment and training. The 2026 Farm Bill, which … House, expands the eligibility for volunteer fire departments who fight wildfires, which we are no stranger
Weekly Round[s] Up: April 20-26, 2026
have continued to block full funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Instead, we passed legislation … plan, we expect to get these important departments funded by the end of May. Additionally, I visited Dakota
Weekly Round[s] Up: March 23-29, 2026
Banking Division at the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation; Lemmon High School students; Jennifer Beving, State … morning the Senate passed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This package would fund operations
Transparency for Farmers
weekly information on fertilizer prices. The United States Department of Agriculture currently publishes this data annually
Weekly Round[s] Up: March 16-22, 2026
watch my full floor speech here . Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains unfunded. Despite Democrats having … opportunities to fund the department, they continue to play politics with the safety and security of the American
Weekly Round[s] Up: February 23 – March 1, 2026
Plains Joint Venture Partnership; Marty Pennock, Adjutant DAV Department of South Dakota / Disabled American Veterans; South Dakota State … remainder of the term. As well as the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill which failed. My Staff
Weekly Round[s] Up: February 9-15, 2026
overturn a DC tax provision and a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill. While we’d hoped … opting to instead shut down the entire department. This means that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Transportation Security
Weekly Round[s] Up: January 26 - February 1, 2026
this legislation included a continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations through February 13. After … Subcommittee hearing, to hear receive testimony on the Department’s cyber force generation plan. Briefings : I attended
Weekly Round[s] Up: December 15-21, 2025
Dario Gill, Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, on Thursday night, I was invited
Weekly Round[s] Up: December 7-14, 2025
Ainars Latkovskis and Janis Dombrava; Directors of the Department of Energy National Laboratories; the Honorable Thomas Silberhorn, German
Weekly Round[s] Up: November 17-23, 2025
Maine) and I sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor requesting
Weekly Round[s] Up: October 5 - 19, 2025
Steiner; Leadership with GeoExchange; General Kenneth S. Wilsbach, Department of the Air Force's 24th Chief of Staff
Weekly Round[s] Up: September 29 - October 5, 2025
week : Brandon Pugh, Principal Cyber Advisor for the Department of the Army; James Caggy, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Weekly Round[s] Up: September 8-14, 2025
Auto Dealers; Rick Williamson, Legislative Chairman of the Department of South Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars; Annette … Missouri, as well as positions in the Department of Homeland Security. In addition, we voted to change
Weekly Round[s] Up: July 28 - August 3, 2025
Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the Department of Treasury; Neel Kashkari, President of the Federal Reserve Bank
Weekly Round[s] Up: July 14-20, 2025
nominees to positions within the Departments of Commerce, Defense and Homeland Security. We also voted on judicial positions
Weekly Round[s] Up: July 7-13, 2025
nominees to executive branch positions at the Departments of Energy and Transportation, as well as the Small Business
Weekly Round[s] Up: June 23 - July 1, 2025
quantum physicist who does work with the Department of Energy; Admiral Stephen “Web” Koehler, Commander of the United … nominee to be Chief Information Officer at the Department of Defense; Cho Hyun-dong, South Korea’s Ambassador
Weekly Round[s] Up: June 9-22, 2025
Defense Pete Hegseth and other leaders within the Department of Defense. I discussed AI and China … States. The legislation would also codify the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rule addressing the same issue