Political Quotes

“I rise today to honor former U.S. Senator from North Dakota, Mark Andrews, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 94. Mark was a good friend, a strong leader, and a dedicated public servant. It is appropriate that we take this time to remember his life and his accomplishments. He was a lifelong North Dakotan, only moving away for 2 years while attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. After completing his education at North Dakota State University--home of the Bison--Mark went to work and operated the family farm in the Red River Valley, as both his father and his grandfather had before him. So it shows you how long his family has been on that land, and it is truly--I know the Presiding Officer has been there--a beautiful farm. It is some of the best farmland, really, in the country, in the world, and in the Red River Valley As a farmer, he raised a variety of crops. He operated a cattle feeding lot, and he contributed to various agricultural organizations. He was very involved with those organizations. In addition, he served as the director of the Garrison Conservancy District from 1955 to 1964. I remember that. My father and Mark Andrews were very good friends. My dad liked Mark very much and respected him very much. They shared that vision for the Garrison Conservancy project, the Garrison Diversion. They really had this vision of irrigating hundreds of thousands of acres, if not millions of acres of land in North Dakota.…”