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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Nov 1, 2023

H.R. 386, the Mount Rushmore Protection Act, that would prohibit the Federal Government from using any funds to change, remove, or destroy Mount Rushmore.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Nov 1, 2023

This would cut the red tape that is standing in the way of people being able to secure mortgages in Indian Country, a hugely important step.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Nov 1, 2023

First off, H.R. 3371, that would, as you remember, sir, take 40 acres of the massacre site of Wounded Knee and put it into trust-like status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 17, 2023

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota. But you talk about expensive infrastructure and privacy. But don't we have those same concerns in a vehicle-miles traveled--I mean, you are going to have technology in the vehicle if it is really on the basis…

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 17, 2023

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota. Mr. Davis, I thought one of the most striking parts of your testimony was walking through the fact that by 2026, the deficit in the trust fund is going to be 40 percent a year.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 3, 2023

If we don't fix what the foundational problems of the House Republican Conference, the new speaker is just going to be in the same old stupid clown car, but a different driver, that's not going to get it done.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Oct 3, 2023

I'm not surprised. Tensions and tempers have been running pretty high for the last nine months.

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Dusty Johnson
@dustyjohnson· Republican · SD· Sep 29, 2023

So often around here, we vote on half measures, narrow bills that, at best, address one issue in only a modest way. This is not that bill. This is an opportunity in one vote to shut the border, to keep the government open, and to reduce…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

Food security is a critical component of national security, and we need to make sure that foreign countries do not hold an undue influence over our food supply.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

We must safeguard U.S. farmland, and food security is a critical component of national security.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

I am pleased that this year's Senate National Defense Authorization Act includes Senator Rounds' amendment to prohibit China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea from purchasing U.S. agricultural land and businesses.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

It has become very apparent that an increasing number of foreign purchases of American agricultural land is posing a threat to national security.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

We must safeguard U.S. farmland, and food security is a critical component of national security.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

I am pleased that this year's Senate National Defense Authorization Act includes Senator Rounds' amendment to prohibit China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea from purchasing U.S. agricultural land and businesses.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

Food security is a critical component of national security, and we need to make sure that foreign countries do not hold an undue influence over our food supply.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

It has become very apparent that an increasing number of foreign purchases of American agricultural land is posing a threat to national security.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

China and Russia are our near-peer adversaries, and North Korea and Iran are no friends of the United States.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Sep 27, 2023

Senator Tester and I introduced the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security, or PASS Act, to ban China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from purchasing American farmland or ag businesses.

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