Honorable Tim Johnson
United States Senator, South Dakota, Democrat
Senator Johnson was first elected to the U. S. Senate in 1996. He served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1978 to 1982, in the South Dakota Senate from 1982 to 1986, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1986 to 1996. He chairs the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and sits on the following committees: Appropriations, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans’ Affairs, and Related Agencies; Energy and Natural Resources; and Indian Affairs. The following is from a June 9, 2012, Senate Banking Committee hearing on the National Flood Insurance Program. Today,…
