Dusty Johnson: “It has been the honor of my lifetime to represent South Dakota in Congress these past eight years.”

as my colleague from Louisiana wishes we were all here voting on the deal and that my colleagues on the other side had taken yes for an answer to open up the government, I wish that is what I was on the floor here today to do. That is not…

I will admit to being pretty excited that the ePermit Act is on the floor today, not just because it is my bill but because America needs this. For years, both parties have agreed that our permitting system is too slow. It is too…

I have come here today on the floor in good faith. I have come here not to argue. I have come here trying to find agreement. And I have listened to the Senator from Virginia, now the Senator from Maryland, and I have to say, I don't know…

Well, everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. I've certainly rolled out a number of plans that would have some pretty substantial reforms to our entitlement programs.