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August 2, 2024
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BIG Update

This week, I held another telephone town hall to hear from South Dakotans. I hop on the phone and thousands of people join to ask questions and hear from me. We covered a host of topics like the assassination attempt on President Trump, the Olympics, the border, government spending, and so much more.

Issues:ChinaTransportation & InfrastructureCongress

July 30, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently urged President Biden to issue a major disaster declaration for the state of South Dakota following the severe storms and flooding from June 16 through July 8, 2024.


July 28, 2024

Dusty Johnson, a Republican, represents South Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives. This piece first appeared in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

A while back, I was welcoming home a National Guard unit that had been overseas. After the ceremony, a sergeant who had been deployed three times, including twice to an active combat zone, thanked me for my service, saying he couldn’t imagine a post so difficult.


July 26, 2024

U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) secured several wins for tribal communities in the House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations package.


July 25, 2024
Weekly Column

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) chaired the Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee hearing entitled “Reauthorizing the CFTC: Stakeholder Perspectives.”

Issues:EconomyCongress

July 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to discuss key provisions of U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson’s (R-S.D.) bill to improve quality and delivery of patient care within the Indian Health Service (IHS).


July 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) secured several wins for tribal communities in the House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations package.


July 19, 2024
Weekly Column

BIG News

The assassination attempt on President Trump was unacceptable. The events of Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania are a tragic picture of our current political climate and we all must agree to turn the temperature down. While the violent rhetoric in politics may have contributed to the assassination attempt, the Secret Service failed to uphold its duty that day.

Issues:Transportation & InfrastructureCongress

July 12, 2024

You’ve been hearing it all year, 2024 is an election year, and with that comes campaigning, voter anxiety, and election safety issues.

Representative Dusty Johnson has been an avid proponent for election safety, heavily pushing for better restrictions when it comes to undocumented people being allowed to vote in elections.