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John Hoeven

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John Hoeven is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from North Dakota since January 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the position of Governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010. During his tenure in the Senate, Hoeven has focused on issues such as agriculture, energy, and infrastructure, advocating for policies that support North Dakota's economy and rural communities.

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Mar 18, 2015

Yes, it seems to me that you need to report back to us what that policy should be, how long you should retain it.

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Mar 18, 2015

Director, talk about manpower. I know you are, I know, perennially short of manpower.

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Mar 18, 2015

So you have a clear policy and procedure in place that requires that? That is in place now?

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Mar 18, 2015

Is that addressed in this appropriation?

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Mar 18, 2015

I am going to switch to the September 19 fence-jumper incident and just ask you to give me your report.

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Mar 18, 2015

Director, on the Joint Operations Center (JOC), have you taken steps and are you confident that for any incident that might occur at the White House, that they have the communications capability to get everybody doing what they need to be…

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Mar 18, 2015

How many of these are new people or additional people versus backfilling, because you have an attrition challenge, too?

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Mar 18, 2015

We're in a global battle for market share as to who produces oil and gas in this country, and we're duking it out with OPEC.

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Mar 18, 2015

What I am trying to understand is your follow-up now to ensure that an incident is properly reported up the chain.

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Mar 18, 2015

So that was not complied with in this instance on March 4?

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Mar 18, 2015

It's the Keystone XL pipeline that has sort of become a metaphor for what we don't have in this country.

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Mar 18, 2015

Just one other follow-up question on having adequate personnel, not only retaining adequate personnel, but also the training.

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Mar 18, 2015

And you are confident now for an incident that occurs in one part of, for example, the White House complex, an officer or agent reports up, that your Joint Operations Center can fully take charge of the communications and have everybody…

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Mar 18, 2015

So there needs to be some thought given and analysis as to what that retention policy needs to be, correct?

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Mar 18, 2015

Is this funding adequate for you to do it?

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Mar 18, 2015

If the same event happened today, that on-duty supervisor, on-scene supervisor, should relay that information up to the deputy chief of the White House...

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Mar 18, 2015

It looks like there will be quite a few.

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Mar 12, 2015

I rise today to speak in support of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act legislation that has been drafted and introduced by my good friends Senator John Cornyn of Texas and Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. The bill helps…

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Mar 11, 2015

We are going to be doing reauthorization this year, so we are going to, obviously, be reauthorizing the program.

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Mar 11, 2015

I have introduced, or I will be introducing legislation that addresses the sodium piece.

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Mar 11, 2015

I would ask that you update us on that status and anything else you can do. Would you be willing to do that?

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Mar 11, 2015

I would like to thank all of you for being here today.

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Mar 11, 2015

So economic impact right now, $90 billion from hunting and fishing. And you think with this expanded access that this legislation provides, we could increase that further, correct?

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Mar 11, 2015

I think you are familiar with 'right to try' laws that a number of States have now passed...

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Mar 9, 2015

I have legislations to do that. I have talked to Senator Isakson, who is the chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee. He's supportive.

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