John Hoeven: “Training our own commercial drivers is essential to North Dakota’s agriculture and energy economy.”

Fundamentally, we want to work with our ranchers to grow our herds.

We recognize that the Corps has minimized flows going out of the upper Missouri Basin, but more needs to be done.

This is tremendous news for our coal industry in North Dakota, which has consistently achieved its air quality targets without the need for costly, burdensome federal rules.

We depend on this water for irrigation, and low water levels create real challenges for accessing the lake.