News Releases
- 01/29/09 - DORGAN TO CHAIR SENATE HEARING ON RISING LEVELS OF DEVILS LAKE
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will chair a U.S. Senate hearing to determine what action must be taken to protect residents of the Devils Lake region from rising waters. … - 01/29/09 - DORGAN SAYS ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN SHOULD CREATE CONSTRUCTION WORK AT MINOT AIR FORCE BASE
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said Thursday that the economic recovery package, which won approval in the Senate Appropriations Committee this week, includes $871 million for “shovel-ready” Air Force military construction projects that should lead to job-creating building projects at Minot Air Force Base. … - 01/28/09 - DORGAN ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL EXTENSION OF NORTH DAKOTA REAP ZONES
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced Wednesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture has finalized a four-year extension of the Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) zone program, which he created to stimulate a variety of innovative economic development projects in southwestern and north-central North Dakota. … - 01/27/09 - SENATORS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM DOD ABOUT ELECTROCUTIONS OF SOLDIERS, WANT DEFENSE SECRETARY TO MEET WITH THEM AND MOTHER OF ELECTROCUTED SOLDIER ON CONTRACTOR ACCOUNTABILITY
Two U.S. Senators today are requesting a meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the mother of a U.S. soldier who has been informed by an Army investigator that her son’s death by electrocution at his base in Baghdad has been re-classified by the Army from “accidental” to “negligent homicide” by contractor KBR and two of its supervisors. … - 01/27/09 - DORGAN SAYS ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN INCLUDES ENERGY & WATER INVESTMENTS THAT WILL BENEFIT N.D.
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) played a key role in shaping the economic recovery plan that was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee today, saying his goal is to create jobs in North Dakota and across the nation while giving a boost to domestic energy industries. … - 01/22/09 - DORGAN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS INVESTMENTS IN THE ECONOMY
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) today introduced legislation, called the Main Street Recovery Act, to encourage businesses to create jobs and invest in the economy through a series of targeted tax incentives … - 01/22/09 - INTERIOR DEPARTMENT TO SET UP HIGH-TECH ONE-STOP SHOP FOR FORT BERTHOLD, DELEGATION ANNOUNCES
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy announced today that the U.S. Department of Interior will establish a high-tech “one-stop shop” that will help expedite leasing and issuing of permits for oil and gas development on Fort Berthold Reservation. … - 01/16/09 - DELEGATION APPLAUDS BIG STEP FORWARD FOR NORTHWEST AREA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT
Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy applauded action Friday by the U.S. Department of the Interior that marks a major step forward in the effort to bring a safe, reliable supply of water to residents of northwestern North Dakota. … - 01/16/09 - DORGAN, LEVIN RELEASE GAO STUDY ON OFFSHORE TAX HAVEN SUBSIDIARIES
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today by U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Carl Levin (D-MI) shows that a majority of the largest publicly-traded companies and federal contractors in the United States use multiple subsidiaries in offshore tax havens to conduct business … - 01/16/09 - SENATE APPROVES BILLS AUTHORED BY DORGAN AND CONRAD TO BOOST TOURISM, STATE REVENUE
The U.S. Senate has approved two bills sponsored by U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad that will give a boost to North Dakota’s tourism industry and officially implement an amendment to the state constitution that was approved by voters in 2006. … - 01/15/09 - DORGAN STATEMENT ON TODAY'S VOTE ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE FINANCIAL RESCUE FUNDS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote to release the second $350 billion of the financial rescue package … - 01/15/09 - DORGAN BILL WOULD KILL TAX SUBSIDY FOR FIRMS MOVING U.S. MANUFACTURING JOBS OVERSEAS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) has introduced legislation (S.260) to close a tax loophole that actually subsidizes U.S. manufacturing companies that move their production – and U.S. manufacturing jobs – to foreign countries, only to then ship those now foreign-made products back to the United States for sale. Dorgan says that with the manufacturing sector laying off 791,000 people in 2008 alone, this legislation should be included in the economic recovery plan that Congress and the new Obama Administration is drafting … - 01/15/09 - DELEGATION RELEASES GAO REPORT, SAYS IT SHOWS MANAGEMENT OF MISSOURI RIVER MISGUIDED
A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today by Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy shows that barge traffic on the lower Missouri River has shriveled up to the point of being inconsequential. … - 01/14/09 - DORGAN AND GRASSLEY URGE AGRICULTURE NOMINEE VILSACK TO CLOSE FARM PAYMENT LOOPHOLE
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Nominee and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack urging him to close a major farm payment program loophole and ensure that payments are going to active farmers. … - 01/13/09 - DORGAN PRESSES ENERGY SECRETARY NOMINEE TO MOVE AGGRESSIVELY TO SUPPORT CLEAN COAL
At a hearing here Tuesday, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) pressed Energy Secretary nominee Steven Chu to support an aggressive federal program aimed at ensuring continued responsible use of coal and other fossil fuels. … - 01/13/09 - DORGAN LAUNCHES NEW YOUTUBE SITE
The 111th Congress and YouTube have announced the launch of official Congressional YouTube channels, including a channel featuring video of U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND). … - 01/09/09 - DORGAN BILL TO ESTABLISH OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL MARKETS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced financial reform legislation today that would protect taxpayers, boost consumer confidence, strengthen the economy, and restore accountability to the nation’s broken financial system … - 01/09/09 - SENATORS PREDICT DRUG IMPORTATION BILL WILL FINALLY PASS CONGRESS
American consumers may finally get a price break on prescription drugs, two U.S. Senators predicted today … - 01/07/09 - DELEGATION SAYS REPORT SHOWS AIR FORCE'S COMMITMENT TO GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy announced Wednesday that the U.S. Air Force has delivered a report to Congress that bodes well for the future of Grand Forks Air Force Base. … - 01/06/09 - DORGAN PRESSES INTERIOR SECRETARY NOMINEE
ON ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, WATER IN NORTH DAKOTA
In a meeting Tuesday with Interior Secretary nominee Ken Salazar, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) pushed for continued efforts to cut through the red tape that has stymied development of oil and gas resources on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. … - 01/06/09 - DORGAN PRESSES INTERIOR SECRETARY NOMINEE TO TAKE COMMON SENSE APPROACH ON ELK CULL
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan today pressed the Interior Secretary nominee, Senator Ken Salazar, to change the position of the National Park Service on how to thin the elk herd in North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park … - 12/17/08 - DORGAN PRAISES SELECTIONS TO HEAD AGRICULTURE AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENTS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) issued a statement Wednesday reacting to President-Elect Obama’s nomination of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture and Senator Ken Salazar to be Secretary of Interior. … - 12/17/08 - DORGAN SAYS INTERIOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW SHOWS USING PRIVATE HUNTERS TO CULL ELK IS PERMISSIBLE
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said Wednesday that an environmental impact statement released today helps clear the way for the use of volunteer hunters to thin the elk herd in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. … - 12/16/08 - DORGAN AND CONRAD IN IRAQ; MEET WITH NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) were travelling in Iraq today, where they met with members of the North Dakota National Guard in Baghdad during a visit to the region to receive briefings from U.S. military command and Iraqi government officials … - 12/12/08 - DORGAN ISSUES STATEMENT ON AUTO RESCUE PACKAGE VOTE
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) issued a statement Thursday on the vote to provide a bridge loan to the Big Three American automakers … - 12/12/08 - DORGAN BILL TO EASE DIGITAL TV TRANSITION PASSES BOTH CHAMBERS OF CONGRESS
A bill cosponsored by U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to ease the Digital TV transition has cleared both chambers of Congress and is headed to the President’s desk … - 12/12/08 - DORGAN RAISES STINK ABOUT POSSIBLE TAX ON LIVESTOCK FLATULENCE
In response to an Environmental Protection Agency report citing the amount of greenhouse gases produced by the belching and flatulence of cows and pigs, Senator Dorgan introduced legislation, the Livestock Emissions Tax Ban Act, prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from initiating a fee on livestock owners for gaseous emissions under the Clean Air Act … - 12/09/08 - DORGAN NOMINATES NORTH DAKOTA STUDENTS TO ATTEND U.S. MILITARY ACADEMIES
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) gave “principal nominations” to four outstanding North Dakota students for appointment to U.S. military academies in 2009 … - 12/08/08 - KEMPTHORNE AGREES TO DELEGATION REQUEST TO OPEN FORT BERTHOLD ONE-STOP SHOP BEFORE HE LEAVES
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy spoke Monday with U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to urge him to open an “oil and gas one-stop shop” on the Fort Berthold Reservation to expedite leasing and issuing of permits for oil and gas development on the reservation. … - 12/08/08 - DORGAN SAYS RED RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY PROJECT CLEARS KEY HURDLE
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said action last Friday by the federal Office of Management and Budget removes a significant hurdle to the effort to ensure Fargo, Grand Forks and other communities in eastern North Dakota can have a reliable water supply for decades to come. … - 12/08/08 - DORGAN SAYS HE'LL PUSH FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO MOVE QUICKLY ON 'REASONABLE COMPROMISE' ON NAWS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said the decision by the Department of Interior on the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) project is a solution that will work and one that he hopes will unlock the opportunity to continue building the NAWS project. … - 12/04/08 - DORGAN, HOEVEN AND POMEROY HOLD MEETING WITH AIRLINE PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS NORTH DAKOTA AIR SERVICE
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, Governor John Hoeven and Congressman Earl Pomeroy today held a meeting at the Bismarck Municipal Airport to discuss the future of Northwest Airlines’ service to the state after the company’s recently approved merger with Delta Air Lines. … - 12/03/08 - DORGAN EXPECTS NORTHWEST AIRLINES TO ANNOUNCE NEW AIR SERVICE CONNECTING NORTH DAKOTA TO SALT LAKE CITY AT MEETING IN BISMARCK TOMORROW
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said Wednesday he expects Northwest Airlines President Ed Bastian to announce tomorrow at a Bismarck meeting Dorgan arranged that the airline will begin offering direct air service between North Dakota and Salt Lake City, which is a Delta Air Lines hub. … - 12/01/08 - DEFENSE LEADERS, DELEGATION VISIT MINOT AIR FORCE BASE
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz today joined Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy on a visit to Minot Air Force Base. … - 11/26/08 - DORGAN ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO HELP NORTH DAKOTA CHARITIES WEATHER NATIONAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Flanked by leaders of area nonprofit organizations, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said Wednesday he will push in Congress for a comprehensive plan to put the nation’s economy back on track – including legislation that will enhance the ability of the nation’s charitable community to help those hurt most by the economic downturn … - 11/25/08 - DORGAN TALKS ECONOMY, ENERGY AT VALLEY CITY TOWN HALL
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) today held a town hall meeting here to discuss the national economy, energy issues and other challenges facing the country. He provided an update on his work in Congress, including his efforts to grow North Dakota’s research and energy industries, and answered questions from area residents … - 11/25/08 -
DORGAN SAYS INCREASED WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE WILL NEARLY DOUBLE FARGO AGENCY'S ABILITY TO HELP
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced today he has increased funding for the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program dramatically, nearly doubling the number of low income households Fargo’s Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency (SENDCAA) can help weatherize … - 11/24/08 - DELEGATION ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $550,000 TO BOOST NORTH DAKOTA INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy announced Monday that North Dakota’s counties and local jurisdictions have been awarded $551,075 to boost local infrastructure projects as part of the economic stimulus bill approved by Congress earlier this year. … - 11/19/08 - DORGAN PUSHES BILL TO EASE DIGITAL TV TRANSITION
Because of concerns over how the Digital TV transition is being implemented, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) joined Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) in introducing legislation to ensure that North Dakotans with analog televisions will still receive emergency public safety information, as well as information about the Digital TV transition, for 30 days after the transition … - 11/19/08 - DELEGATION URGES AIR FORCE TO HOUSE NEW NUCLEAR COMMAND IN MINOT
Minot Air Force Base should be chosen as the home for the nation’s new nuclear command according to Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy, who met today with the top two leaders of the Air Force to discuss issues related to U.S. nuclear forces. … - 11/19/08 - DORGAN WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD POLICY COMMITTEE IN 111TH CONGRESS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) was once again selected Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) for the next session of Congress … - 11/14/08 - DORGAN SAYS LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR IS HISTORIC MOMENT FOR UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said Friday that tonight’s launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour will be a historic achievement for the students and faculty at UND who built the AgCam, which will be carried aboard and installed on the International Space Station. … - 11/13/08 - DORGAN TO HOST MEETING WITH NORTHWEST, DELTA AIR LINES AND NORTH DAKOTA OFFICIALS ON EFFECTS OF MERGER
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced today that the President of Delta Air Lines, Ed Bastian, will attend a meeting hosted by Dorgan in the state to brief North Dakotans on the airline’s service plans for the state now that the merger between Northwest and Delta Air Lines has received final approval and is on the road to completion. … - 11/12/08 - FOREST SERVICE TO UPHOLD GRAZING RIGHTS ON ELKHORN RANCH, DORGAN SAYS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) has received the commitment of the U.S. Forest Service that the law he wrote to ensure grazing rights on the Elkhorn Ranch in the Badlands will be followed. … - 11/10/08 - DORGAN WILL INTRODUCE THE PICKENS ENERGY PLAN CALLING FOR BUILDING AN INTERSTATE TRANSMISSION GRID AND A LARGE EXPANSION OF WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, a senior member of the Senate Energy Committee said today that he intends to introduce a portion of the energy plan advanced by Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens that would create a national electric transmission grid and a major expansion of wind and solar energy … - 11/10/08 - DORGAN OUTLINES PRIORITIES FOR NORTH DAKOTA'S ENERGY FUTURE
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will outline three critical steps that are necessary to continue robust energy production in North Dakota that need to be taken by both the federal and state governments … - 11/04/08 - NORTH DAKOTA SLATED TO RECEIVE LARGE BOOST IN WATER PROJECT FUNDING, DORGAN SAYS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said Tuesday that North Dakota water construction funding for this year was slashed by $46 million in President Bush’s proposed budget … - 11/03/08 - DORGAN SAYS TREASURY SECRETARY'S BAILOUT IS SHORTCHANGING TAXPAYERS AND DOING LITTLE TO FIX THE ECONOMY
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) had harsh words today for Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson at a service club speech in Minot, N.D. … - 11/03/08 - DORGAN HELPS BRING 'STARBASE' MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM TO MINOT FIFTH-GRADERS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) helped cut the ribbon on the new Starbase program here Monday, saying the initiative will help boost science and math education for students in the Minot region … - 10/22/08 - DORGAN APPLAUDS FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CONSOLIDATION IN PACKING INDUSTRY
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) applauded action by the U.S. Department of Justice to challenge the consolidation of two corporate meat packers. … - 10/20/08 - DELEGATION ANNOUNCES VETERANS AFFAIRS TO DISPATCH MOBILE OUTREACH TEAMS TO NORTH DAKOTA
U.S. Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy announced today that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will dispatch two “community outreach vehicles” to North Dakota in an effort to increase services to veterans in rural areas. … - 10/17/08 - DORGAN ASKS INTERIOR DEPARTMENT FOR "ONE-STOP SHOP" AT FT. BERTHOLD TO EXPEDITE OIL, GAS LEASING
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) asked the Department of Interior on Friday to establish an “Oil and Gas One-Stop Shop” on the Fort Berthold reservation to expedite leasing and issuing of permits for oil and gas development of reservation lands. … - 10/17/08 - DORGAN SAYS WATER PLANT FULFILLS PROMISE BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INVESTS IN FUTURE OF NORTH DAKOTA
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), who secured funding for a new rural water treatment plant that will serve residents of Wilton and northern Burleigh County, was present Friday for a ceremony dedicating the new facility. … - 10/16/08 - DORGAN ANNOUNCES AMTRAK RIDERSHIP JUMPS 9.5 PERCENT IN NORTH DAKOTA, NOW TOTALS MORE THAN 131,000 PER YEAR
More than 131,000 North Dakotans rode Amtrak’s Empire Builder rail line last year, a sharp jump in ridership that shows the importance of the service to residents of the nation’s rural areas, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said Thursday. … - 10/08/08 - DORGAN CALLS AGREEMENT BETWEEN DICKINSON AND RICHARDTON HOSPITALS A WELCOME BREAKTHROUGH
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said Wednesday that the agreement reached between hospitals in Dickinson and Richardton, N.D., will ensure residents of both communities will retain access to high-quality health care. … - 10/07/08 - DORGAN SAYS NATION WILL PULL TOGETHER
TO RESOLVE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) held a town hall meeting in Jamestown today. He said that while North Dakota’s economy has remained strong, the national economy is facing problems that will require American to pull together to resolve. … - 10/07/08 - DORGAN ANNOUNCES RED RIVER VALLEY RESEARCH CORRIDOR INITIATIVE PASSES $500 MILLION MARK
Joined by leaders of some of the area’s premier research institutions, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced Tuesday that North Dakota universities and businesses have now received $532 million in federal funding through his Red River Valley Research Corridor initiative. … - 10/02/08 - DORGAN SECURES $5 MILLION INCREASE IN ANNUAL FUNDING FOR ORGAN DONATION NETWORK
The Senate today approved legislation sponsored by U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) that will provide a much-needed boost in funding to the Organ Procurement and Transportation Network … - 10/02/08 - NORTH DAKOTA AMTRAK SERVICE GIVEN BOOST BY SENATE BILL, DORGAN SAYS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said Thursday that the Senate voted late last night to approve legislation that will give a boost to long-distance Amtrak routes like the Empire Builder, which served nearly 120,000 North Dakotans in the last fiscal year. The bill now goes to the President for signature. … - 10/02/08 - DORGAN STATEMENT ON FINANCIAL BAILOUT
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) today issued the following statement about his vote on the financial rescue plan … - 10/01/08 - DORGAN SAYS BILL STOPS ADMINISTRATION PLAN TO SHUT DOWN GRAND FORKS NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced Tuesday that President Bush has signed legislation that will ensure the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center remains open. The bill continues funding the center, rejecting the Bush Administration’s proposal to close the facility. … - 09/29/08 - DORGAN APPLAUDS KEY VOTE ON BILL TO BOOST AMTRAK, IMPROVE SAFETY ON RAILROADS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said that a Senate vote today will give a boost to long-distance Amtrak routes like the Empire Builder, which served nearly 120,000 North Dakotans in the last fiscal year. … - 09/26/08 - SENATE APPROVES DORGAN-BACKED LEGISLATION TO FIGHT CHILD EXPLOITATION
Legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to fight the growing problem of child exploitation passed the Senate last night … - 09/26/08 - DORGAN SAYS INDIAN HOUSING BILL WILL ADDRESS HOUSING CRISIS IN INDIAN COMMUNITIES
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) today heralded the passage of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2008, saying that the housing crisis existing for American Indian and Alaska Native families must be addressed … - 09/24/08 - DELEGATION SECURES $66 MILLION TO STRENGTHEN MILITARY, NORTH DAKOTA ECONOMY
Congress is set to give final approval to legislation that includes more than $66 million in federal funding that Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy secured for projects that will strengthen the U.S. military while giving a boost to North Dakota’s economy. … - 09/23/08 - DORGAN BACKS RENEWABLE ENERGY INCENTIVES; SAYS NORTH DAKOTA WILL BENEFIT
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) backed legislation approved by the Senate to extend tax incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency, saying North Dakota is in a position to play a major role in our nation’s renewable energy efforts … - 09/23/08 - DORGAN'S EFFORT YIELDS SIX NEW STAFF TO JUMP-START ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON THE FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION
The U.S. Interior Department, responding to the request from Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) has moved six new employees to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation to accelerate the review and approval of oil and gas leasing and permitting for drilling on the reservation … - 09/22/08 - DORGAN SAYS WALL STREET BAILOUT PLAN IS "STAMPEDE IN WRONG DIRECTION"
… - 09/22/08 - DORGAN ANNOUNCES CONTRACT TO DESIGN NEW HEALTH CARE FACILITY ON FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to launch the design phase of a project to build a health care facility on the Fort Berthold Reservation … - 09/16/08 - DELEGATION PRESSES TOP AIR FORCE OFFICIALS TO EXPAND MISSION AT GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE
Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy met with top Air Force officials Tuesday to press them to expand the mission of Grand Forks Air Force Base. … - 09/11/08 - DORGAN ANNOUNCES UND AEROSPACE WILL SHARE IN $437 MILLION CONTRACT TO TRAIN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced today that the University of North Dakota’s Aerospace program will share in a contract to train air traffic controllers. … - 09/10/08 - DORGAN ISSUES STATEMENT ON LATEST DELAY
ON AIR REFUELING TANKER PROJECT
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) said Wednesday he is disappointed at the latest delay in the bidding process for the Air Force’s new air refueling tanker, but said he’ll continue pushing to bring the next-generation tankers to Grand Forks Air Force Base. … - 09/10/08 - SENATOR DORGAN RENEWS CHARGE TO STOP EXCESSIVE OIL SPECULATION
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) today renewed his effort to crack down on irresponsible oil speculators, raising questions about speculators’ outsized influence over the energy futures market, the cost of energy, and perhaps even the federal agency responsible for regulating them … - 09/09/08 - DORGAN PUSHES COMMON SENSE PLAN TO TAKE BACK BILLIONS IN UNSPENT IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) today introduced legislation, called the Rescission of Unneeded Iraq Reconstruction Funds Act, which would take back roughly $12 billion of unspent American taxpayer dollars designated for Iraq reconstruction … - 09/09/08 - BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AGREES TO BOOST FUNDING FOR INDIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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