It seems to me if you've got a bathtub that's full and you're working on the drain to let some water out you need to work on the faucet to stop some coming in.

. . . I have always insisted, I am not interested in transferring the problems from one region of our state to another.

What I'm very interested in doing is making certain that water retention is considered up and down the Valley for farms and small towns beyond the three major population centers.

Again, I want to underscore our commitment to protect the interests not only of Devils Lake, but of Valley City, Lisbon, Fargo, west Fargo, and all of our communities along the Sheyenne and Red Rivers.

ARRA is the economic stimulus?

I support all the efforts that we can make to take water off of the lake as you know.

Senator Dorgan assisted in securing two $400,000 appropriations for a total of $800,000.

In my judgment, it is a shameful disrespect for good government to block nominations for month after month after month.

there is unbelievable bottom feeding by greedy people who have gotten by with it for far too long.

I would just observe the wind does not stop blowing in North Dakota, by the way.

But I think all of us on this committee want the Federal Trade Commission to be active and aggressive on behalf of consumers.

Non-profit status in those circumstances doesn't mean much to be in many cases.