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Seeking to provide state and local officials greater leeway with spending remaining pandemic relief dollars, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) on Tuesday proposed bipartisan legislation to allow those unspent funds to be directed toward infrastructure projects.
“State governments need flexibility, and this bill is good policy,” Rep. Johnson said.
This interview is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment, hosted by Lori Walsh.
South Dakota's lone congressman wants more flexibility for states spending COVID-19 relief money.
Republican Dusty Johnson is working with Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux from Georgia. They are sponsoring the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Businesses across the country are having difficulty with supply shortages and South Dakota is no exception. It's costing millions of dollars for several businesses. So how will this affect your holiday shopping?
A nationwide supply shortage may make it harder to find what you're looking for.
Representative Dusty Johnson has those same fears and points to Strider Bikes in Rapid City, a business that has particularly felt the impact of the shortage.
The supply chain's breakin' down
and its making consumers' frown.
It's a problem I'm hoping to snuff
‘cause the season's spooky enough.
The time has come for the cheaters to pay
Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-07) introduced the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act, to make various infrastructure investments eligible for payment with existing unspent COVID-19 relief funds.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-07) introduced the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act, to make various infrastructure investments eligible for payment with unspent COVID-19 relief funds. The legislation recently passed the U.S. Senate unanimously.
More than 10,000 bills get introduced in Congress each year. Most of them, even good ones, don't see legislative action. It's even more challenging to pass a bill when you aren't the political party in power. Despite the long odds, I was able to pass an important cattle industry bill out of committee this week.
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.
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)
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609).