The South Dakota Farm Bureau, along with more than 190 organizations across the United States, applaud the U.S. House for recently passing H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act. The legislation, authored by Rep. Kristi Noem, passed the House with a 268-150 vote, including 33 Democrats. Not surprisingly, the majority of opponents were from urban districts.
Cattlewoman-turned-Congresswoman Kristi Noem introduced some common-sense legislation to allow state and local governments to set dust regulations as appropriate for specific regions of the country.
VERMILLION — Rep. Kristi Noem had something in common with students of the University of South Dakota who were waiting to receive their degrees during Saturday’s 36th winter commencement exercises in the DakotaDome.
WASHINGTON — The South Dakota lawmaker who’s leading the effort to block regulation of rural dust is trading barbs with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
WASHINGTON, - The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, by 268-150. The measure, introduced by Rep. Kristi Noem, R-SD., would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing or enforcing any regulation revising dust standards.
Rep. Kristi Noem, a South Dakota Republican, says she blames the Corps of Engineers at least in part for the severity of the flooding.
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