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Politician
Nov. 9, 2018
Fueling South Dakota's Economy
Sen. John Thune
Oct. 9, 2018
Thune Joins President Trump for Announcement on Approval of Year-Round E15 Fuel Sales
Sen. John Thune
Oct. 9, 2018
Tweet - "Today's announcement on the approval of year-round E15 fuel sales is a big win for farmers, consumer choice, and energy security -- an effort I've been working on for more than a decade. More on the announcement"
Sen. John Thune
Oct. 9, 2018
Rounds Supports Year-Round E-15 Sales
Sen. Mike Rounds
Aug. 21, 2018
Rounds Meets with EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler
Sen. Mike Rounds
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "Obama admin's "Clean Power Plan," which amounted to a backdoor nat'l energy tax, would have raised energy costs for consumers & entrepreneurs. I'm glad to see @POTUS take things in a more productive direction for an all-of-the-above energy strategy and respect for states' needs."
Sen. John Thune
Aug. 2, 2018
Thune Statement on Administration's Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards Announcement
Sen. John Thune
July 23, 2018
Tweet - "Year-round E15 sales would not only help lower gas prices, but it's a common-sense win for consumer choice and would strengthen our home-grown energy dominance to counter OPEC and help American farmers during uncertain times. #RFS"
Sen. John Thune
May 25, 2018
Tweet - "Allowing E15 sales through the summer would give Americans a lower-cost fuel option for the busy travel season and help uphold @POTUS' commitment to the #RFS. #Ethanol is home-grown energy security, and @EPA shouldn't delay."
Sen. John Thune
April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, EPA - Push for Year-Round Waiver for E-15
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 13, 2018
Grassley, Thune, Blunt, Fischer, Ernst Joint Statement on EPA Attacks on RFS
Sen. John Thune, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Senators Push to Stop Russia's Nord Stream II Natural Gas Pipeline
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
Oct. 10, 2017
Thune Statement on the Withdrawal of EPA's Clean Power Plan Rule
Sen. John Thune
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Support the Renewable Fuel Standard
Sen. Mike Rounds
June 14, 2017
Rounds: Bipartisan E-15 Legislation Benefits Consumers, Corn Producers Alike
Sen. Mike Rounds
June 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Colleagues Oppose Proposal To Auction Off DOE Transmission Assets
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 1, 2017
Rounds Statement on President's Decision to Exit Paris Climate Agreement
Sen. Mike Rounds
May 19, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Funding for Department of Energy Research Programs
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
March 28, 2017
Rounds Statement on Executive Order to Roll Back Clean Power Plan Regulations
Sen. Mike Rounds
Feb. 17, 2017
Letter to The Hon. Scott E. Pruitt, Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Solution to Costly, Burdensome Ethanol Regulations
Sen. John Thune, ...
Jan. 31, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Quickly Approve Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Disaster Declaration
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
Jan. 24, 2017
Thune: Keystone XL Pipeline a Preview of Positive Actions for the American People
Sen. John Thune
Jan. 24, 2017
Rounds Statement on Trump's Executive Actions to Move Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines Forward
Sen. Mike Rounds
July 28, 2016
Letter to Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator - McCaskill, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Obama Administration to Support Job-Creating Biodiesel Production
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
July 21, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency - Support Biodiesel, Help Create Jobs
Sen. John Thune, ...
July 21, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Gina McCarthy, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Support Biodiesel, Help Create Jobs
Sen. John Thune, ...
July 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary, Department of the Interior - Drop Proposed Offshore Rule
Sen. John Thune, ...
June 27, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Call to Establish a Strong Renewable Fuel Standard
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
June 13, 2016
Senate Advances Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill to the President's Desk
Sen. John Thune
May 24, 2016
Rounds Cosponsors Resolution to Protect South Dakota Families from Costly New Energy Tax
Sen. Mike Rounds
April 20, 2016
Rounds Issues Statement Following Senate Passage of Bipartisan Energy Bill
Sen. Mike Rounds
April 20, 2016
Inhofe, Markey, Rounds, Booker Praise Passage of Brownfields Reauthorization in Senate Energy Bill
Sen. Mike Rounds, ...
April 19, 2016
Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
Sen. John Thune
March 28, 2016
Letter to Administrator McCarthy - Urging EPA to Release Strong Renewable Fuel Standard to Support Homegrown Ethanol Production
Sen. John Thune, ...
Feb. 23, 2016
Thune Joins More Than 200 Members of Congress in Effort to Block Obama EPA's Backdoor National Energy Tax
Sen. John Thune
Feb. 9, 2016
SCOTUS Decision on Obama's Carbon Mandates Proof of Paper-Thin Presidency
Sen. John Thune
Feb. 2, 2016
Senate Passes Rounds Easement Disclosure Amendment to Energy Bill
Sen. Mike Rounds
Feb. 2, 2016
Energy Policy Modernization Bill
Sen. John Thune
Feb. 2, 2016
Thune: Investing in Energy Growth and Development Will Improve the Health of Our Economy
Sen. John Thune
Dec. 11, 2015
Delivering On Our Promise to the American People
Sen. John Thune
Nov. 17, 2015
Senate Passes Bills to Eliminate Obama's Costly Energy Regulations
Sen. Mike Rounds
Nov. 17, 2015
Senate Urges President to Rein in Overreaching EPA
Sen. John Thune
Nov. 6, 2015
Rounds Statement on President's Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline
Sen. Mike Rounds
Nov. 6, 2015
Thune Statement on Obama Administration's Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline
Sen. John Thune
Nov. 3, 2015
Rounds Statement on TransCanada Request to Stop Presidential Permit Application Process of Keystone XL Pipeline
Sen. Mike Rounds
Oct. 27, 2015
Rounds Cosponsors Resolution to Overturn Clean Power Plan Rules
Sen. Mike Rounds
Oct. 27, 2015
Thune Statement on the President's "Clean Power Plan" Overreach
Sen. John Thune
Sept. 18, 2015
President's Energy Agenda Bad for South Dakota
Sen. John Thune
Aug. 14, 2015
Weekly Column: Obama's Clean Power Plan is Fundamentally Flawed
Sen. Mike Rounds
Aug. 5, 2015
Rounds Applauds EPW Passage of ARENA Act
Sen. Mike Rounds
Date
Title
Politician
Nov. 9, 2018
Fueling South Dakota's Economy
Sen.John Thune
Oct. 9, 2018
Thune Joins President Trump for Announcement on Approval of Year-Round E15 Fuel Sales
Sen.John Thune
Oct. 9, 2018
Tweet - "Today's announcement on the approval of year-round E15 fuel sales is a big win for farmers, consumer choice, and energy security -- an effort I've been working on for more than a decade. More on the announcement"
Sen.John Thune
Oct. 9, 2018
Rounds Supports Year-Round E-15 Sales
Sen.Mike Rounds
Aug. 21, 2018
Rounds Meets with EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler
Sen.Mike Rounds
Aug. 21, 2018
Tweet - "Obama admin's "Clean Power Plan," which amounted to a backdoor nat'l energy tax, would have raised energy costs for consumers & entrepreneurs. I'm glad to see @POTUS take things in a more productive direction for an all-of-the-above energy strategy and respect for states' needs."
Sen.John Thune
Aug. 2, 2018
Thune Statement on Administration's Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards Announcement
Sen.John Thune
July 23, 2018
Tweet - "Year-round E15 sales would not only help lower gas prices, but it's a common-sense win for consumer choice and would strengthen our home-grown energy dominance to counter OPEC and help American farmers during uncertain times. #RFS"
Sen.John Thune
May 25, 2018
Tweet - "Allowing E15 sales through the summer would give Americans a lower-cost fuel option for the busy travel season and help uphold @POTUS' commitment to the #RFS. #Ethanol is home-grown energy security, and @EPA shouldn't delay."
Sen.John Thune
April 30, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, EPA - Push for Year-Round Waiver for E-15
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 13, 2018
Grassley, Thune, Blunt, Fischer, Ernst Joint Statement on EPA Attacks on RFS
Sen.John Thune, ...
March 15, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury and the Hon. John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State - Senators Push to Stop Russia's Nord Stream II Natural Gas Pipeline
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
Oct. 10, 2017
Thune Statement on the Withdrawal of EPA's Clean Power Plan Rule
Sen.John Thune
Sept. 28, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Support the Renewable Fuel Standard
Sen.Mike Rounds
June 14, 2017
Rounds: Bipartisan E-15 Legislation Benefits Consumers, Corn Producers Alike
Sen.Mike Rounds
June 7, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy - Colleagues Oppose Proposal To Auction Off DOE Transmission Assets
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 1, 2017
Rounds Statement on President's Decision to Exit Paris Climate Agreement
Sen.Mike Rounds
May 19, 2017
Letter to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Funding for Department of Energy Research Programs
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
March 28, 2017
Rounds Statement on Executive Order to Roll Back Clean Power Plan Regulations
Sen.Mike Rounds
Feb. 17, 2017
Letter to The Hon. Scott E. Pruitt, Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Solution to Costly, Burdensome Ethanol Regulations
Sen.John Thune, ...
Jan. 31, 2017
Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Quickly Approve Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Disaster Declaration
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
Jan. 24, 2017
Thune: Keystone XL Pipeline a Preview of Positive Actions for the American People
Sen.John Thune
Jan. 24, 2017
Rounds Statement on Trump's Executive Actions to Move Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines Forward
Sen.Mike Rounds
July 28, 2016
Letter to Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator - McCaskill, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Obama Administration to Support Job-Creating Biodiesel Production
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
July 21, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Gina McCarthy, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency - Support Biodiesel, Help Create Jobs
Sen.John Thune, ...
July 21, 2016
Letter to the Hon. Gina McCarthy, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Support Biodiesel, Help Create Jobs
Sen.John Thune, ...
July 15, 2016
Letter to The Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary, Department of the Interior - Drop Proposed Offshore Rule
Sen.John Thune, ...
June 27, 2016
Letter to the Honorable Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Call to Establish a Strong Renewable Fuel Standard
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
June 13, 2016
Senate Advances Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill to the President's Desk
Sen.John Thune
May 24, 2016
Rounds Cosponsors Resolution to Protect South Dakota Families from Costly New Energy Tax
Sen.Mike Rounds
April 20, 2016
Rounds Issues Statement Following Senate Passage of Bipartisan Energy Bill
Sen.Mike Rounds
April 20, 2016
Inhofe, Markey, Rounds, Booker Praise Passage of Brownfields Reauthorization in Senate Energy Bill
Sen.Mike Rounds, ...
April 19, 2016
Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
Sen.John Thune
March 28, 2016
Letter to Administrator McCarthy - Urging EPA to Release Strong Renewable Fuel Standard to Support Homegrown Ethanol Production
Sen.John Thune, ...
Feb. 23, 2016
Thune Joins More Than 200 Members of Congress in Effort to Block Obama EPA's Backdoor National Energy Tax
Sen.John Thune
Feb. 9, 2016
SCOTUS Decision on Obama's Carbon Mandates Proof of Paper-Thin Presidency
Sen.John Thune
Feb. 2, 2016
Senate Passes Rounds Easement Disclosure Amendment to Energy Bill
Sen.Mike Rounds
Feb. 2, 2016
Energy Policy Modernization Bill
Sen.John Thune
Feb. 2, 2016
Thune: Investing in Energy Growth and Development Will Improve the Health of Our Economy
Sen.John Thune
Dec. 11, 2015
Delivering On Our Promise to the American People
Sen.John Thune
Nov. 17, 2015
Senate Passes Bills to Eliminate Obama's Costly Energy Regulations
Sen.Mike Rounds
Nov. 17, 2015
Senate Urges President to Rein in Overreaching EPA
Sen.John Thune
Nov. 6, 2015
Rounds Statement on President's Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline
Sen.Mike Rounds
Nov. 6, 2015
Thune Statement on Obama Administration's Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline
Sen.John Thune
Nov. 3, 2015
Rounds Statement on TransCanada Request to Stop Presidential Permit Application Process of Keystone XL Pipeline
Sen.Mike Rounds
Oct. 27, 2015
Rounds Cosponsors Resolution to Overturn Clean Power Plan Rules
Sen.Mike Rounds
Oct. 27, 2015
Thune Statement on the President's "Clean Power Plan" Overreach
Sen.John Thune
Sept. 18, 2015
President's Energy Agenda Bad for South Dakota
Sen.John Thune
Aug. 14, 2015
Weekly Column: Obama's Clean Power Plan is Fundamentally Flawed
Sen.Mike Rounds
Aug. 5, 2015
Rounds Applauds EPW Passage of ARENA Act
Sen.Mike Rounds
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