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October 21, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Johnson met with Amanda Harris of Harrisburg and Amanda Hargreaves of Mitchell, the 2020 and 2021 South Dakota Teachers of the Year. Harris and Hargreaves are visiting Washington for the Council of Chief State School Officers National Teacher of the Year Program D.C. Advocacy Day. During their meeting with Johnson they discussed education policy issues facing South Dakota's teachers.

Issues:Education

October 21, 2021

Washington, D.C. (KOTA) - Today, according to a press release from Dusty Johnson's Communications division, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609)

Issues:Agriculture

October 21, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609).

Issues:Agriculture

October 20, 2021

Washington, D.C. – This week, Ranking Member of the Livestock & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Dusty Johnson (R-S.D) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) introduced the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609) to provide more transparency in the market.

Issues:Agriculture

October 20, 2021

Washington, D.C. – This week, Ranking Member of the Livestock & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Dusty Johnson (R-S.D) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) introduced the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609) to provide more transparency in the market.

Issues:Agriculture

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October 20, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Livestock & Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Dusty Johnson (R-S.D) and Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) introduced the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609), which would create a library for cattle contracts within the U.S.

Issues:Agriculture

October 19, 2021

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) is seeking internship applications for Spring 2022 in his Washington, D.C., Rapid City, Aberdeen, and Sioux Falls offices.

Duties will include researching legislation, writing memos, attending committee hearings and briefings, assisting with social media, answering constituent phone calls, sorting mail, and providing support to the staff and the Member of Congress.


October 15, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Drew Ferguson (R-GA) introduced the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act to prevent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing invasive bank reporting requirements on personal small dollar financial transactions.


October 15, 2021
Weekly Column

Break out your blaze orange vests; pheasant season is back again in South Dakota!

As the leaves begin to turn and the air turns crisp, I am taken back to the many fall afternoons I've spent walking fields in the hopes of flushing a rooster. Like many South Dakotans, I cherish the great memories made during the tradition of sportsmanship with my family and friends.


October 8, 2021
Weekly Column

This guest column is written by Shawnee Red Bear, who works in Congressman Johnson's Washington DC office

This Monday, October 11th, marks the 31st year South Dakota will celebrate "Native American Day". South Dakota is one of just 14 states that observes Native American Day instead of Columbus Day.

Issues:Tribal Affairs