Rounds, Mike (R-SD)

Term: 2015-Present

Senate Armed Services Committee (2015-Present)

07-14-2023	Rounds: “Our goal is to assure credibility with regard to any investigation or record keeping of materials associated with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena,” “Relevant documents related to this issue should be preserved. Providing a central collection location and reputable review board to maintain the records adds to the credibility of any future investigations.”
07-20-2023	Matt Laslo: "I'm just curious, who wrote that bill? Because people were curious about the language that was used." Mike Rounds: "It was a joint effort. Why did it look kind of like somebody had tried to create a cow and came up with a horse or something?" ML: "I'm trying to look it up, the term they used, but it was used like 22 times and-" MR: "There was direct participation between the organizations that currently have to cooperate in this, but we tried to bring a number of different entities in for a discussion so that it wasn't a surprise to anybody." ML: "I think it might be the term non-human intelligence, I think that might be used 22 times." ML: "Well, pretty simple terms, aren't they?" ML: "But could that be AI?" MR: "Could be." ML: "Non-human?" MR: "It could be." ML: "Really?" MR: "Yeah." ML: "So it's that broad." MR: "Well, could be. It was not by accident, let's put it that way."