{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://noem.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=B283C843-E5E0-4919-A9BF-3FE436BAAC6F", "Washington, Take Note of South Dakota", "2014-10-03", "2014", "2014-10", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Kristi Noem", "N000184", "noem.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "This last week was another incredible reminder of all that South Dakota is doing right to create a healthy, growing economy.\u00a0 Nationally, our economy continues to struggle.\u00a0 The unemployment rate remains around six percent, millions have left the workforce, and those who haven\u2019t left are finding it tough to get a job.\u00a0 Despite all national indications, South Dakota is thriving.\r\nEarly in the week, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that South Dakota saw the fifth highest growth in personal income during the second quarter of 2014.\u00a0 This 2.3 percent growth shows in very real numbers that the state\u2019s healthy economy is directly impacting our families.\u00a0 Notably, the growth wasn\u2019t limited to just one sector.\u00a0 We saw increases for farmers, manufacturers, retailers and those in the construction industry.\r\nOn Thursday, I had the chance to sit down with a dozen or so retailers.\u00a0 These are the people from whom we buy our groceries, our farm supplies, our televisions, washers and dryers.\u00a0 They operate the restaurants in our hometown and the gift shops when we\u2019re on vacation.\u00a0 They employ about 127,000 people across the state and are directly or indirectly responsible for about 17 percent of South Dakota\u2019s GDP.\u00a0\r\nEvery retailer or small business starts with an idea.\u00a0 What I\u2019ve come to know \u2013 and what the folks I sat down with last week explained \u2013 is that South Dakota has created an environment where ideas are actively fostered. Our state tax policy makes it cheaper to run a business. The workforce is one of the most dedicated and talented in the country.\u00a0 We put our heart into everything we produce.\u00a0 And we are surrounded by communities that generously support each other during the good times and pull together like a family would during the hard times.\r\nIt\u2019s probably no wonder then that I joined Governor Daugaard on Friday to welcome a new manufacturer to Brookings.\u00a0 In addition to 3M and Daktronics, Brookings is now home to a new Babybel cheese manufacturing facility.\u00a0 It was an honor to welcome them to our state.\r\nI\u2019ve worked hard to replicate South Dakota policies on the federal level because they\u2019ve proven time and again to work.\u00a0 I\u2019ve focused on increasing support for job training, leveling the playing field for businesses of all shapes and sizes, and reducing the burden of taxes and regulations on all of us.\u00a0 At times, we\u2019ve been successful.\u00a0 The EPA\u2019s talks of further regulating dust and farm chores have been thwarted.\u00a0 Job training programs were put in place for veterans.\u00a0 We\u2019ve started to cut down on government spending by, among other things, enacting the strictest deficit control provisions since President Reagan.\r\nThere\u2019s still a lot more to be done.\u00a0 But I won\u2019t stop fighting for hardworking taxpayers until you get a government that you deserve \u2013 a government that does more with less, is accountable to taxpayers, and doesn\u2019t put regulations or taxes or poorly thought out policies between you and your American dream.\u00a0\r\nSouth Dakota\u2019s doing it right.\u00a0 Washington ought to take note.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://noem.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=B283C843-E5E0-4919-A9BF-3FE436BAAC6F"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.656507072970271, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}