Right now our farmers and ranchers are in the field doing their job, and House Leadership needs to do theirs. Farmers and ranchers deserve the peace of mind a long-term farm bill will bring. I will continue exhausting every possible option on behalf of North Dakota farmers and ranchers to get the farm bill to the floor for a vote.

This month over 368,000 people have given up looking for work and unemployment remains above 8% for 43 consecutive months, and that number is far worse when you account for those who want to work but have stopped searching in this economy. To return Americans to work, we need to do what we have done in North Dakota and balance our budget, remove the regulations, and create certainty for our families and small businesses.

If President Obama was serious about reducing our debt, creating jobs, and growing our economy he would look to North Dakota as an example, not burden our children and grandchildren with a growing mountain of debt.

1 day until North Dakota State Bison football begins!

Today, I joined with Representatives Kristi Noem and Denny Rehberg to request a formal Congressional hearing to review the Corps’ plan to charge fees for water stored in Missouri River reservoirs.

http://berg.house.gov/press-releases/congressman-berg-requests-federal-hearing-on-corps-surplus-water-plan/

The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing a storage fee for access to water stored in Missouri River reservoirs.
This one size fits all approach is wrong for North Dakota.


http://berg.house.gov/press-releases/berg-missouri-river-water-belongs-to-our-state-and-its-citizens/

Our housing, roads, and infrastructure have lagged behind the rapid population boom that has occurred over the past few years, so I was pleased to join local leaders in the Williston community to discuss future efforts.



http://berg.house.gov/press-releases/berg-hosts-housing-roundtable-in-williston/