By then, we hope that problems with the new (Medicare benefit) will be resolved.

In the meantime, we do have a shortage of petroleum in this country caused primarily by hurricane Katrina.

For a lot of people in eastern South Dakota, this is going to be one of those days where it's going to be very, very, cold before the heat gets turned back on,

It's a fabulous experience and once people do it they have to come do it again,

Across eastern South Dakota there are a minimum of 8,000 poles that are down.

I've never seen a united effort like this in South Dakota before where literally everybody from every walk of life and both political parties are standing in unison.

There's more opportunity for our products to get a better price in this area,

We will work very hard to get additional missions at Ellsworth,

John Morrell has been one of our state's primary employers and corporate leaders since 1909, ... We congratulate the company and its South Dakota employees on this exciting expansion of the Sioux Falls plant.

Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.