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March 4, 2024

Dusty Johnson is the lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota. Despite this, he brought a couple of his colleagues and friends to the House to see the Black Hills and share their opinions on how the management of the forest could be improved.

Issues:Agriculture

March 4, 2024

Business and political leaders in Taiwan have a deepening understanding of the threat posed by China, and they are taking action, Rep. Dusty Johnson said.

Issues:China

March 2, 2024

U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Jim Costa (D-CA) introduced (Feb. 29, 2024) the Modernizing Operations for Vehicles in Emergencies (MOVE) Act to provide flexibility and certainty to our supply chains in times of emergency.


February 27, 2024

Congressman Dusty Johnson stopped off in Pierre to present local Vietnam veterans with special lapel pins, part of an ongoing effort to recognize and express belated gratitude to those servicemen.

Issues:Veterans

February 13, 2024

The House voted Tuesday night to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, narrowly succeeding in a second vote and making Mayorkas the first sitting Cabinet secretary in nearly 150 years to be impeached.


February 3, 2024

South Dakota's lone House Representative Dusty Johnson said border security is his top priority.

The third-term Republican Congressman, who helped author stopgap funding legislation that would have included stricter border security measures, called the situation an "abject disaster."


February 2, 2024

On Wednesday, January 31, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), announced the launch of a bipartisan Congressional Agricultural Trade Caucus. The goal of the caucus is to advance and promote policies critical to the agriculture industry in the United States.


January 24, 2024

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:

Issues:Pro-Life

January 19, 2024

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.


January 4, 2024

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.

Issues:Veterans