Dusty Johnson

SDPB caught up with U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson. He discussed policymaking in times of inflation and a widening political divide.

Johnson said several states are using waiver exemptions to get around SNAP work requirement rules.

Senator John Thune has introduced legislation aimed at “national security threats from foreign technologies,” including the social media app TikTok.

A Senate committee is unanimously passing a bill creates a board to review every agriculture purchase made by foreign persons. That’s despite nearly every major state agriculture organization testifying against the bill.

Amazon’s Sioux Falls warehouse is in full operation and uses robots to fulfill orders across the state.

A narrow majority of Republicans in the U.S. House are turning the vote for Speaker of the House into a staring contest. That’s how South Dakota’s lone Representative Dusty Johnson describes the vote. He is backing Republican Kevin McCarthy for the job, who failed to get 218 votes needed to win.

Congress is passing a bill that repeals 11 federal laws that discriminate against Native Americans. Two Republican members of South Dakota’s congressional delegation pushed the bill forward—Sen. Mike Rounds and Rep. Dusty Johnson.

The B-21 Raider is a stealth plane military officials call “the next evolution of the Air Force strategic bomber fleet.”

South Dakota’s lone U.S. Representative anticipates major undertaking with upcoming farm bill negotiations. Republican Dusty Johnson says federal politics are more partisan than prior farm bill efforts.

Johnson earned a second term in Congress after defeating Libertarian Collin Duprel on Nov. 8.