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A partial breakthrough in the on-going trade dispute with China.
That country has now agreed to once again allow U-S poultry products to be sold in the country ending a five year ban following an outbreak of Avian Flu in 2014.
U-S trade representatives say this development could lead to $1 billion in U-S poultry exports to China over the next year.
The news of the poultry market breakthrough is a good sign for the nation and South Dakota.
Since I joined the U.S. House of Representatives in January, I've done my best to steer clear of the political circus we see on a daily basis in Washington. Instead I've worked successfully with my colleagues to pass legislation preventing child abuse and making it easier for Americans to save for school and retirement. I've been laser focused on passing the United States Mexico and Canada Trade Agreement, moving forward welfare reform, and implementing the 2018 Farm Bill.
A South Dakota woman has spent months raising funds to support a trip to the nation's capital, hoping to speak to lawmakers about CMT, a nervous system disorder. When she wasn't able to raise enough to make the trip Congressman Dusty Johnson came to her instead.
"It won't break me. I tell people all the time I have CMT, but CMT does not have me," said Clarkson.
Place a politician into a roomful of curious news reporters and there's a chance that mayhem will ensue, with questions being shouted and the elected office holder trying his or her best to come up with a politically correct answer.
It's a process that doesn't always work well, judging from recent television news coverage of political press conferences.
When you read "Nationally Recognized by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS)," do you think of South Dakota? Well, you should. In Madison, South Dakota, you'll find one of the nation's top-ranked cybersecurity programs within the walls of Dakota State University (DSU).
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) applauded the administration's announcement to expand ethanol blending beginning in 2020. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will partner to improve the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and implement it as intended.
This won't be new news to you, but Congress sure has a hard time sticking to a budget. Let me back up – Congress has a hard time even creating a budget and many hardworking Americans, including our nation's military, could end up paying the price.
Nearly seven million Americans in the United States are adopted. In 2015, more than six-hundred seventy thousand children spent time in our foster care system. One out of every twenty-five families with children have an adoptive child. Families adopt for a number of reasons, but whatever the reason, it is a beautiful and selfless decision.
U.S. Sen. John Thune and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson applauded a new U.S. trade deal with Japan as a positive for the agriculture industry.
"Amid what seems like a tidal wave of obstacles this year, this is exactly the kind of news farm country has been waiting for, and I expect this deal, once approved by Japan, will have a direct and positive effect on the U.S. agriculture industry," Thune said in a statement.