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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today urged United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Perdue to provide short-term economic relief to American agriculture producers facing a challenging economic climate.
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced Emily Hughes, from Pierre, as the winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition for South Dakota. Hughes won for her acrylic on vinyl painting, "Koi," which depicts a swimming koi fish painted on a vinyl record. Hughes is a junior at T.F. Riggs High School. Her art teacher is Jill Kokesh. The artwork will hang in the Cannon Tunnel, which runs from the U.S. House of Representatives to the U.S. Capitol, along with the winning artwork from other congressional districts for the next year.
I got your letter and I wanted to thank you for the invite to your high school grad party. I'm going to try my best to make it.
Washington, D.C. – This week U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced legislation that would designate the United States Postal Service building in Rosebud, South Dakota as the Ben Reifel Post Office Building. Click here for full speech.
When Professor Sean Flynn, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, released his book Without Reservation: Benjamin Reifel & American Indian Acculturation, I was quick to snag a copy. I was fascinated by the story of the first Congressman of Lakota Sioux descent, Ben Reifel.
Throughout Ben Reifel's career at the Bureau of Indian Affairs and for a decade in Congress, he worked tirelessly to further economic opportunity for American Indians. He celebrated education, hard work and self-determination.
Our nation's immigration problems are not new, and frankly, they're getting worse. I had the opportunity to cut through the noise and travel to our southern border last week to see what's going on for myself.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid overdoses kill an average of 130 Americans each day.
As someone who didn't grow up around technology, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., said he doesn't envy the youth of today because he recognizes the extra challenges that social media bring.
Johnson, South Dakota's lone representative in the U.S. House, was at Central High School Thursday morning fielding questions from students in government class.
It was one of three stops he made in Aberdeen prior to the Brown County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner. The others were at the Agtegra Innovation Center and Northern State University.
For as long as I can remember, immigration reform headlines have frequented the front pages of our newspapers. It's a tough system to understand, and an even tougher system to legislate. Many of the world's greatest leaders have tried and failed over the years, and even some successes have resulted in failure years later.
South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson is back in KELOLAND after what he calls an "educational" trip to the southern border. Johnson and fellow members of Congress spent time in southwest Arizona earlier this week.
After spending time down south, Johnson says the hands-on experience at the U.S.-Mexico border is something every member of Congress should take part in.
"We do have a crisis at the southern border. We had twice as many people apprehended in March as we had in January. We need to fix this problem," Johnson said.