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South Dakota congressman Dusty Johnson is touting a recent rating he received from the Susan B. Anthony Foundation. The Susan B. Anthony foundation is a pro-life organization that, among other things, grades representatives on votes regarding abortion access. Johnson received an A+ from the group, with the organization saying Johnson voted pro-life nine times in 2023. Johnson thanked the group for his A+ grade in a statement and said:
Two pieces of legislation introduced by South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson aimed at strengthening Second Amendment protections for various groups passed out of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.
The Tribal Firearm Access Act is a bipartisan effort with Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) to reclassify tribal identification as a valid form of ID for firearm purchases.
Many veterans reside in the Black Hills region, and several Vietnam-era vets attended Thursday morning’s pinning ceremony at the Joy Center in Spearfish, South Dakota. They were awarded special pins by U.S. House of Representatives member Dusty Johnson, who felt that proper recognition of veterans from this era was long overdue.
Congressman Dusty Johnson has called on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to conduct field hearings on Indian reservations. The purpose is to gain insights into the formidable challenges faced by tribal law enforcement in the Great Plains, particularly concerning the dire state of law enforcement on Indian reservations.
South Dakota’s lone United State’s House of Representatives member introduced legislation Thursday to allow states to divest state dollars from the People’s Republic of China.
The American Farm Bureau Federation and South Dakota Farm Bureau today presented Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) with AFBF’s Golden Plow award. The Golden Plow is the highest honor the organization gives to sitting members of Congress.
Members of the other political party aren’t evil, journalists aren’t the enemy, and watching a lot of cable TV news isn’t a good idea.
That’s a sampling of comments Monday from U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, who hosted his inaugural Level Up Youth Conference at Western Dakota Technical College in Rapid City. Hundreds of students attended from local and area high schools.
It’s not easy to make Dusty Johnson angry.
South Dakota’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives is more comfortable explaining the intricacies of rural development, making self-deprecating jokes about his bookish and bespectacled appearance or extolling the pleasures of watching his sons engage in activities from marching band to baseball.
The Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act passed the U.S. House by unanimous consent. The bill introduced by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) in May aims to preserve a section of land where the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Lakota Indians. Representative Johnson worked closely with the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for months to develop the bill. The bill unanimously passed the House Natural Resources Committee in June.
Every year, congress passes appropriation bills setting the spending levels for each federal agency. With the federal fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the deadline is fast approaching to pass those bills and avoid a government shutdown.
“The Senate and the House have drastically different ideas on how our government should be funded,” said South Dakota’s lone representative, Dusty Johnson.