Mike Rounds
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PersonPoliticianMike Rounds is a U.S. senator from South Dakota and a principal Republican co-sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act’s records-review framework.
Mike Rounds is a U.S. senator from South Dakota and a principal Republican co-sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act’s records-review framework.
Mike Rounds is an American businessman and Republican politician who served as governor of South Dakota before entering the U.S. Senate in 2015. His committee work has included armed services, intelligence, and banking, placing him inside defense authorization and classified oversight processes.
Rounds built a business career in insurance before serving in the South Dakota legislature, two terms as governor, and then the U.S. Senate. His style is generally quieter and more procedural than that of many disclosure advocates. As a member of the Armed Services and Intelligence committees, he can work directly with the legal architecture of records, classification, and defense programs. That background made him an important Republican partner for Schumer, giving the disclosure framework bipartisan authorship from the outset.
Rounds joined Chuck Schumer in introducing the 2023 UAP Disclosure Act, a bipartisan proposal for a centralized records collection and independent review board. He continued to defend core transparency provisions after congressional negotiations removed much of the original structure. Rounds has framed the issue as lawful access to records and credible allegations rather than a personal declaration about aliens.
Rounds has continued pressing for a records process even after the original review-board proposal was weakened. His persistence gives the issue a legislative sponsor associated with governance and defense rather than media confrontation. In a coalition containing very different personalities, he supplies continuity, conservative credibility, and a focus on statutory language.
Rounds is central to UAP legislation and FOIA and transparency. His sponsorship matters because it gave the proposal senior Republican national-security support and linked disclosure to the Senate’s regular defense work. He is not a primary witness to recovered technology. His record is about designing a process capable of locating, reviewing, and releasing government material while protecting genuinely sensitive sources and capabilities.
Thanks for this, Greg. https://t.co/gsEOwkTfGz [Quoted] UAP disclosure’s main congressional sponsors will (mostly) return: Senate Mike Rounds (R-SD): reelected; co-authored the UAP Disclosure Act. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): not up in 2026; co-authored the UAP Disclosure Act. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY): not up in 2026; co-sponsored the UAPDA and led legislation establishing UAP reporting requirements. House Eric Burlison (R-MO): reelected; led the House UAP Disclosure Act amendment. Tim Burchett (R-...
🚨These are the UFO advocates in the Senate after the midterms Most senators on this list weren’t up for reelection this cycle (Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Todd Young, Martin Heinrich, and Richard Blumenthal) Mike Rounds, Schumer's partner on the UAP Disclosure Act, was on the ballot and won easily in South Dakota. Mark Warner won in Virginia, in what he says will be his final term. The one loss: Joni Ernst. She retired, and her Iowa seat flipped to Democrat Josh Turek. Ernst leaves th...
[Retweeted] UAP disclosure’s main congressional sponsors will (mostly) return: Senate Mike Rounds (R-SD): reelected; co-authored the UAP Disclosure Act. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): not up in 2026; co-authored the UAP Disclosure Act. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY): not up in 2026; co-sponsored the UAPDA and led legislation establishing UAP reporting requirements. House Eric Burlison (R-MO): reelected; led the House UAP Disclosure Act amendment. Tim Burchett (R-TN): reelected; introduced the UAP Transpare...
[Retweeted] UAP disclosure’s main congressional sponsors will (mostly) return: Senate Mike Rounds (R-SD): reelected; co-authored the UAP Disclosure Act. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): not up in 2026; co-authored the UAP Disclosure Act. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY): not up in 2026; co-sponsored the UAPDA and led legislation establishing UAP reporting requirements. House Eric Burlison (R-MO): reelected; led the House UAP Disclosure Act amendment. Tim Burchett (R-TN): reelected; introduced the UAP Transpare...
🛸🇺🇸 UFO Disclosure: What Happens Next? The US midterms have shifted the balance of power in Washington, but what does it mean for UAP disclosure? Who's in, who's out, the future of PURSUE, congressional hearings and Schumer–Rounds. Plus, YOUR reactions! 🎥 Watch the full 28-minute special right here on X! #UFO #UAP
[Retweeted] DO SENATORS AFFIRM UFO WHISTLEBLOWERS FACE "DIRECT RISKS TO PERSONAL SAFETY"? "NO," Senator Mike Rounds told me. On Mirador, my latest article, an opening challenge to claims that gatekeeper-assassins roam the land, hunting UFO "Legacy Program" leakers. https://t.co/Pp7nadSIiT
The senator who co-wrote the UFO Disclosure Act didn't know it had passed the House. The reporter had to tell him. Matt Laslo of Ask a Pol joins Total Disclosure three days before the midterm elections for the most revealing look yet at where UAP disclosure in Congress actually stands — from the journalist who asks lawmakers about UFOs on camera, every week, and publishes the answers unedited. In this episode: • Sen. Mike Rounds learns from Laslo that his own UAP Disclosure Act passed the Hou...
The senator who co-wrote the UFO Disclosure Act didn't know it had passed the House. The reporter had to tell him. Matt Laslo of Ask a Pol joins Total Disclosure three days before the midterm elections for the most revealing look yet at where UAP disclosure in Congress actually stands — from the journalist who asks lawmakers about UFOs on camera, every week, and publishes the answers unedited. In this episode: • Sen. Mike Rounds learns from Laslo that his own UAP Disclosure Act passed the Hou...
In July 2023, Senator Mike Rounds joined Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), then the Senate Majority Leader, in introducing the UAP Disclosure Act. Douglas Dean Johnson was able to have four specific written questions on this subject presented directly to Senator Rounds by a senior member of his staff, along with the Sol Foundation briefing paper and other contextual information: (1) Senator Rounds, have you personally ever heard a specific report or reports, from any individual inside or outside...
