06/29/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/29/2022 12:11
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - At a roundtable discussion with local leaders and members of the Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce today, Senator John Hoeven outlined the need to support U.S. energy and agriculture producers, both to help get inflation under control and to strengthen national security.
To this end, Hoeven is pressing the Biden administration to reverse course on its harmful environmental agenda and empower the nation to realize the full potential of its abundant energy resources, including its coal, oil and natural gas reserves. The senator stressed that bringing down energy prices is essential to provide relief to consumers and to reduce input costs for farmers and ranchers, who face skyrocketing fuel and fertilizer prices.
"U.S. domestic energy and food production are central to our economy and our quality of life, but more than that, they are an essential part of our national security," said Hoeven. "The Biden administration is taking exactly the wrong approach to energy for our nation. President Biden needs to take the handcuffs off our energy producers, empower them to unlock the potential of our taxpayer-owned energy resources and support the construction of pipelines and other facilities needed to get energy to market. Not only will that help reduce costs across the economy for consumers, but it will better enable farmers and ranchers to continue producing the high-quality, low-cost food supply that Americans depend on every single day."
Empowering U.S. Energy Production
Hoeven continues to push back on the Biden administration's burdensome regulations on energy development and is working to advance legislation like his American Energy Independence from Russia Act, which would take immediate action to increase U.S. energy production, including:
Supporting Farmers and Ranchers
At the same time, Hoeven is advancing efforts to ensure North Dakota shippers, including farmers and ranchers, have access to reliable rail and ocean shipping services. The senator:
Hoeven is also working to help farmers and ranchers recover from last year's historic drought and in September secured $10 billion in agriculture disaster aid, including $750 million for livestock producers. Hoeven then repeatedly pressed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to get the assistance to producers as soon as possible, with the aid currently being distributed under the Emergency Relief Program (ERP) and the
Improving Health Care
Hoeven expressed his support to continue to partner with the city and its new Mayor, Jim Moe, to establish a unified health care system in Devils Lake. Hoeven's office has been in communication with the city's former mayor, Dick Johnson, regarding improving access to health care in the region. Hoeven discussed efforts to identify and advance a solution that improves the quality of care and is supported by the community.
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