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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) spoke at a congressional roundtable to express opposition to the recent U.S.
“Removing services from the Hot Springs and Fort Meade facilities, and consolidating health care services in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, would substantially reduce high-quality care options for those veterans who have benefited from access to rural VA services in South Dakota.”
Last week, I was informed by Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 23 Director Robert McDivitt and the Biden Administration of recommended in-patient service closures that follow a multi-year nationwide review of (Veterans Affairs) VA services
The recent recommendations call for the following:
SIOUX FALLS Recommendations
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) issued the following statements after the Biden administration's Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) informed the VA medical facilities in Hot Springs, Wagner, and Fort Meade that proposed recommendations as part of a multi-year nationwide review of VA health care infrastructure suggest they would be closing.
This week, I presented the Strength of South Dakota Award to the Fred Assam Elementary School Student Council, students, and staff in Sioux Fall, South Dakota. The Strength of South Dakota Award was created to celebrate and honor South Dakotans that display unusual perseverance, compassion, and innovation, and are beloved by their community.
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says service members from the Vietnam era didn’t always get the homecoming they deserved.
And so, he wanted a “do-over”. In Yankton, on Thursday, Johnson presented service members with commemorative challenge coins and thanked them for their service.
U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Tom Cole (R-OK) on Jan. 13 introduced a bipartisan bill that would grant a federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans Inc. (NAIV), a nonprofit organization headquartered in South Dakota on the Cheyenne River Reservation that advocates for Native Americans who served in the United States military.
Guest Columnby David Forsythe, Wounded Warrior Fellow with Rep. Dusty Johnson's Office
STURGIS, S.D. (KOTA) - After soldiers returned home from the Vietnam War, some say they were met with mixed feelings from fellow Americans.
Representative Dusty Johnson believes the negative way the United States welcomed home the veterans is just one example of the country’s past flaws.