Joined a roundtable today with @SenJohnHoeven , @RepFedorchak , @NDagriculture Commissioner Goehring today hosted by @SecretaryBurgum to gather information from local landowners and discuss potential solutions to landowners’ concerns.
I’m convinced there are no biologists, chemists, geologists, or anyone else who can match the enormous intellectual understanding of how all this works more than the landowners, the farmers, and the generations of people who have farmed the land. The wrap-up is simply that progress is being made. I’m encouraged by it, and I hope you are as well. I’m looking forward to an outcome that allows me a little room to loosen up on some of the holds I have on people that the administration wants confirmed.
Thank you @VCSU for hosting us.
The administration shouldn’t listen to an environmental activist-led pressure campaign in support of a Biden @USFWS rule. They still have an opportunity to get it right for our farmers and private property rights.
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I just asked Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) if Congress should pay oil companies to invest in Venezuela. "I’d rather subsidize Gulf of America Coast refiners to retrofit for light sweet American oil and let the Bakken and Permian flow," he told me. "Drill America First Baby"
“He deserves it.”
Venezuelan opposition leader @MariaCorinaYA on why she dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump.
“He’s the main supporter of this fight against the narcoterrorist cartel [running Venezuela]... I believe the Venezuelan people share my position heartfully.”
Watch my floor speech about the transformation of the Senate due to Democrat’s unprecedented obstruction.
"We have a higher responsibility than to simply gravitate to the worst instincts, but rather elevate this institution to a more aspirational conclusion."
John Fetterman says he doesn’t think Trump authorizing Iranian strikes were unconstitutional. And he told me of calls by some Ds that it’s grounds for impeachment: “If you throw that word around impeachment, you just continue to cheapen what that word really actually means."
Kate MacGregor is my friend and a friend to North Dakota. She has the right experience to work alongside @SecretaryBurgum to lead @Interior and get things done. @USFWS in particular has been inflexible to North Dakota landowners. We need to see a change.
Twelve days ago, I had dinner with President Trump, a dinner that my friend @KidRock set up because we share the belief that there has to be something better than hurling insults from 3000 miles away.
It’s not every day @SenCapito and I get to host members of the Miracle on Ice Team in Congress. Their story is pure Americana, inspiring and uniting in every way. My Congressional Gold Medal Act with @SenSchumer recognizes their historic and extraordinary achievement.
Sen. @kevincramer: "We do have now in the Commander-in-Chief and a Cabinet that he is picking who will put the veteran first, not the bureaucracy... The most important person is the veteran and that's who @RepDougCollins will look at for."
The Cramers are in flight to DC for the Inauguration of @realDonaldTrump . No temperature is too cold for these hearty North Dakotans. I can’t wait to see them all.
🚨Watch CBS News' chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford destroy the manufactured “legitimacy crisis” narrative being pushed by the Left about the Supreme Court:
“It really started and took off in the wake of the Dobbs decision. The Court's ruling that overturned Roe versus Wade. The outrage over that decision was so extreme that you saw I think a quite calculated effort to undermine the legitimacy of the Supreme Court by Democrats — Senate Democrats for example — hearings, stories about scandals, some of which were pretty overblown to say the least. So, that has an impact on public opinion. You know, the public starts to believe that this Court is corrupt, that this is, you know on the take, none of which is true. I mean, this is still a Court, you may disagree with their decisions, it's a very conservative Court. It is not a corrupt Court. These are nine justices who have very different views on how to interpret the Constitution, who are kind of in this titanic struggle over law, not politics. Even the immunity decision. I mean, that decision was so misreported to say that the Court was going to save Trump from a criminal trial. No, it wasn't. That was never the decision. In fact, that decision is going to help protect Joe Biden from any future prosecution by Donald Trump if he wanted to do that. So, you know, when we look at public opinion polls, sure, the Court's taken a hit, but that's true over the years. The Court often takes a hit, so do other institutions. And the Court's public opinion remains much higher than our other institutions, including the White House, Congress, and by far the news media.” - @JanCBS
.@Kash_Patel, a lifelong hockey player, brings the grit and sharp elbows you'd expect on the ice—perfect for restoring accountability and getting the @FBI back to the law enforcement agency it is meant to be!
The fact he’s a @UofNorthDakota fan is just gravy.
As I took @KristiNoem to Senate meetings, we were able to connect with Chairwoman Alkire and members of the @StandingRockST. So glad we could have a good discussion together as Dakotans.
It’s an honor to take my friend, former House colleague, and fellow Dakotan @kristinoem around the Senate as she starts her confirmation process! Kristi is tough, determined, and ready to take charge of Homeland Security to deliver the change @realDonaldTrump promised the American people.
Congratulations to @DougBurgum on his nomination to be Secretary of the Interior! @realDonaldTrump's excellent choice reflects his commitment to American energy independence. Burgum’s expertise will help lower energy costs for families, cut needless red tape, and restore U.S. energy dominance while balancing conservation efforts. A win for all Americans!
To meet these elevated staffing levels, North Dakota facilities really have no good options. If these rules and penalties were really about better care for residents, @CMSGov should yield to reason.
Watch @KFYRTV coverage here. ⬇️
Being a member of @SASCGOP is a great platform to highlight Grand Forks’ impressive defense ecosystem. Flipping the switch at @SemperCitiusSDA’s “Operations Center North” and welcoming @ESpace_Inc CEO Greg Wyler to @UofNorthDakota are recent examples showcasing Grand Forks!