John Hoeven: “We included 62 different provisions in the Farm Bill which benefited tribes in the current Farm Bill.”

Today’s meeting was also an opportunity to get input from our ranchers on important priorities we’ve included in the Farm Bill, including better prairie dog management and MCOOL, which we’ve been working to advance for years.

Phil has done a good job serving the State of North Dakota as Solicitor General, and I believe he has the right legal temperament and experience to serve on the U.S. District Court for North Dakota.

This legislation contains more than 100 bipartisan bills, including provisions I authored that will make a real difference for North Dakota producers, which come in addition to the $12 billion in agriculture assistance we’re working to…

That’s the right kind of focus for our country’s chief law enforcement official, and the results are clear, as violent crime and other offenses have decreased across the country.