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We started the Session this week on Tuesday since Monday was President’s Day. I had two different bills in two different committees at the same time. The first one was SB9 which was brought by Senator Tobin a d had already passed the Senate and was successfully heard in the House Judiciary Committee. The bill limits applications for clemency for violent offenders’ sentences to life imprisonment if the application is denied for a period of 4 years. This protects the victims’ family from going through these frequent hearings. It passed through the committee and unto the House floor where it passed 63 to 6 and is awaiting the governor’s signature.
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“I’ve got this cough that just won’t go away,” my patient says, and I know this story all too well. Chronic cough, a cough that lasts more than two months, is a common ailment which in most cases is benign. But for the patient it is both bothersome and worrisome.
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Lee Qualm a Platte, SD resident and 4th generation farmer has announced his bid for District 21 House. This is not the first time Qualm has served in the Legislature. Lee was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2013. During his eight years in office, he served as House Majority Leader for 4 years, Chairman of State Affairs, Chairman of Ag and Natural Resources, on Executive Board, on Ag Land Task Force, Transportation, Local Government, & State and Tribal Relations Committees. Qualm notes, “I love working with people to help this District and to make sure SD remains a great place to live, work and raise our families.” As a family man with a wife of 48 years, four married children, and twelve grandchildren, he knows we must establish a greater South Dakota for the next generation.
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I often thought of that famous Dunkin’ Donuts television commercial from the early 1980s as we traveled the state on our great South Dakota Donut Tour. In the ad, a weary baker rises in the wee hours of the morning and says, almost robotically, “Time to make the donuts.”
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In my State of the State Address, I talked about the Freedom to be secure. We are so fortunate to live in a nation where we have many Freedoms, including the Freedom to feel secure in our own communities. Unfortunately, that security is now being threatened. And today, we are even more at risk of having our security ripped out from under us than ever before.
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