WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson Bill Prohibits 340B Health Care Facilities Savings for Transgender Surgeries Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the No 340B Savings for Transgender Care Act to prohibit covered entities in the 340B drug program from using their savings to offer free or discounted procedures such as transgender surgeries or hormone replacement therapy. "Tra  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson Calls on Trump Administration to Crack Down on Chinese-made E-Cigarettes Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) led a letter urging the Trump Administration to take action on the influx of unauthorized Chinese-made e-cigarettes and vapes sold in America. "The large-scale smuggling of these illicit vaping products - accounting for more than half of all va  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson Invites Secretary Rollins to South Dakota Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) invited Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to visit South Dakota and experience the traditions and practices of South Dakota farmers and ranchers. "It would be an honor to host you in South Dakota to meet some of these hardworking farmers and ranchers," Johnson wrote. "I would li  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson, Ag Trade Caucus Express Commitment to U.S. Ag Trade Washington, D.C. - In recognition of Agriculture Trade Day, House Agriculture Trade Caucus co-chairs U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced a resolution expressing a renewed commitment to supporting market access, trade promotion programs, comprehensive   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Johnson, Riley Introduce Bill to Lower Egg Prices Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Josh Riley (D-NY), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI) introduced the Lowering Egg Prices Act. The bill would help lower the cost of eggs for consumers, provide relief to poultry farmers, and cut through bureaucratic red tape. "Eggs are an important staple for   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Celebrates Cyrus Western EPA Mountains and Plains Regional Administrator Appointment Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) released the following statement after President Trump appointed Cyrus M. Western to serve as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 administrator. As regional administrator, Western will implement President Trump's environmental pri  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden: Bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act Will Help Get Crucial Local News into the Hands of Oregonians Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Vermont's U.S. Senator Peter Welch and South Dakota's U.S. Senator Mike Rounds to reintroduce the bipartisan, bicameral Deliver for Democracy Act. This legislation would incentivize reliable service from the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Wyden: Bipartisan Deliver for Democracy Act Will Help Get Crucial Local News into the Hands of Oregonians Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined Vermont's U.S. Senator Peter Welch and South Dakota's U.S. Senator Mike Rounds to reintroduce the bipartisan, bicameral Deliver for Democracy Act. This legislation would incentivize reliable service from the U.S. Po  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds Urges Ag Secretary to Clarify Disaster Assistance Eligibility for Producers WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to request the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) develop a transparent set of crop insurance requirements for disaster assistance programs. This request comes after ambiguous guidance in previous progr  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Rounds, Welch Lead the Deliver for Democracy Act to Help Local News Overcome Persistent Issues with USPS WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today announced that they have reintroduced the Deliver for Democracy Act. This legislation would help rural newspaper delivery by incentivizing reliable service from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for periodical publicat  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks on March 14, 2025: * * * Mr. President, I have spoken a lot about it being a new day in America. It is also a new day in the U.S. Senate. When I became leader, I promised we would do things differently around here. I think the last 10 weeks show I was serious about that. Unfortunately, today, our business is cleaning up from the old way of doing things. We are voting on yet another continuing resolutio  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks on March 12, 2025: * * * Mr. President, yesterday, I came to the floor to discuss the terrible human cost of fentanyl: the lives lost, the families changed, the futures destroyed. In 2022, we lost 295 people a day to drug overdoses, the vast majority of them opioids and, specifically, fentanyl. Twenty-two teenagers died each week that same year from drug overdoses. That is like losing an entire high sch  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks on March 11, 2025: * * * Mr. President, Zach Didier was a good student, an athlete, and a musician. He was an Eagle Scout, star of the school play, and he was hoping to attend Stanford University. But 2 days after Christmas, in 2020, Zach's dad found him dead in his bedroom of fentanyl poisoning. He was 17. Zach and his friends had gone to the mall to meet a drug dealer they had found through social me  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks on March 13, 2025: * * * Mr. President, Senators have been seeing a lot of each other lately--in fact, too much, some might say. The Senate is hopefully about to wrap up its 10th consecutive week in session--the Senate's longest in-session stretch in over 15 years--10 weeks that includes late nights, weekend work, and even an all-night session. We have a lot of accomplishments to report back to our cons  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Students Get Chance to Send Art to Washington Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced the 2025 Congressional Art Competition and encourages South Dakota high school students to submit their artwork. The competition puts the artwork of South Dakota students in the U.S. Capitol building. The South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) is now accepting entries on behal  more