You said in your testimony that you are not here out of an anti-union bias, that this isn't about union; this is about the best use of taxpayer dollars.
campaign finance laws have existed for more than a century.
Today, all individual contributors or aggregate contributors in excess of $200 have to be disclosed.
the Tillman Act prohibited contributions by corporations to political parties for the first time.
most recently in 2002 Congress passed the bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act.
requiring people to stand up in public for their political acts fosters civic courage without which democracy is doomed.
This is a serious problem, as a large number of our people live with 10 or 12 persons in a home that was sized to accomm...
I would like to thank Senator Tim Johnson for his leadership in bringing this hearing to South Dakota.
While nationwide it is viewed as a crisis when unemployment nears 9 or 10 percent, at Standing Rock we have long-term un...
Poverty on our reservation remains widespread, with 4 in every 10 homes on the reservation earning less than 30 percent ...
I am counting on them to lead the charge to create more jobs and grow our economy.