Mike Rounds Archives

U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speak to reporters following a Senate Forum on Artificial Intelligence in the Russell Senate Office Building on October 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Sen. Chuck Schumer’s second AI Insight Forum covers increased R&D funding, immigration challenges and safeguards

Dozens of top AI minds and Senate leaders came together to discuss and debate how the federal government can ensure the U.S. remains a leader in AI…

Oct 25, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Sen. Chuck Schumer — Sen. Charles Schumer (Senate Democrats / Flickr)

Sen. Schumer’s first AI insight forum focuses on 2024 election, federal regulators

More than 65 senators and top tech CEOs debated openness and transparency for AI systems at the first meeting, among other key issues.

Breaking Sep 15, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

National Defense University (NDU) faculty walk out of Roosevelt Hall for the graduation ceremony at Fort McNair on June 7, 2018. (DOD / Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

Senators urge against shuttering of Pentagon’s cyber college

"We fear that such an action sends the wrong message to our warfighters and to our adversaries," the senators wrote in a letter to DOD leadership.

Apr 30, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

Sen. Mike Rounds in 2015. (Senate Democrats / Flickr)

New cybersecurity subcommittee formed under Senate Armed Services

The Senate Armed Services Committee has a new subcommittee focused on cybersecurity, with Mike Rounds, R-S.D., serving as chairman and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., as ranking member.

Jan 19, 2017