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Congressman Dusty Johnson stopped in for a visit at Redfield Energy on Monday, March 18th, a day prior to National Ag Day. Pictured from left: RE Board member Craig Johnson; Congressman Johnson's NE Area Director Aimee Kamp; RE Board member Doug Deiter; RE Board member Francis Hass; Congressman Johnson; RE Board member Jay Esser; RE CEO Tom Hitchcock.
RAPID CITY — Fourteen years after Ellsworth Air Force Base escaped then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's base closure list, the Air Force just ensured the base's long-term future.
Wednesday, the Air Force announced that Ellsworth would receive the first operational B-21 bomber and the formal training unit.
Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, and Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, will also receive B-21 Raiders as they become available.
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson say they support Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia report becoming public.
Although the report found that there was no evidence that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia, there was evidence that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election, Rounds said during a call with the media on Thursday.
Courage and conviction won the day over congressional political pressure in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
South Dakota's lone congressman broke with his party and voted his conscience, ignoring all political calculations.
Rep. Dusty Johnson was one of 13 Republicans — the only one from a massive swath across the middle of the country — to vote with Democrats to block the President's emergency declaration funding a southern border wall.
Congressman Dusty Johnson agrees with Governor Kristi Noem that ongoing trade disputes have really hurt South Dakota agriculture.
"Yeah. I mean. Of course, we need a successful outcome to this trade dispute, but we also need a swift one," Johnson tells Kelo Radio's It's Your Business Show with Bill Zortman.
Johnson says a solution can't be two years down the road because a lot of people will go out of business between now and then.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KSFY) - Congressman Dusty Johnson took a break from the politics of Washington to make a stop in South Dakota.
He toured Southeast Tech in Sioux Falls Thursday morning before attending a discussion with the Farmer's Business Network.
Johnson said the schedule in Washington is a grind, so it is nice to return to the state and explore the issues facing South Dakotans.
He said it is time for lawmakers on Capitol Hill to move past partisan politics and find common ground.