Press Releases
The Bipartisan group of 29 Members argued that biofuels increase U.S. energy independence and decrease inflationary pressures at the pump
“Senate passage gets us one step closer to seeing the Garamendi-Johnson Ocean Shipping Reform Act signed into law”
Washington, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) led a bipartisan group of 87 Members of Congress in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging them to make agriculture a priority in the upcoming Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (Framework).
“The Ocean Shipping Reform Act establishes rules of the road and puts Americans on an equal playing field”
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Jim Costa (D-CA-16), and David Valadao (R-CA-21) hosted a roundtable discussion with American manufacturing and agriculture experts on solutions to strengthen the supply chain. You can watch the roundtable here.
“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.”
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.), and Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) introduced the Connect Unserved Americans Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure funding allocated to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for broadband is targeted to rural areas most in need of reliable service.
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.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) cosponsored the American Energy Independence from Russia Act which immediately approves the Keystone XL Pipeline, resumes permitting of energy and mineral development on Federal lands and waters, and boosts natural gas production in the U.S.