I rise today to emphasize the importance of this year's National Defense Authorization Act--both why it is important and what we must accomplish this week while we are still here. The primary obligation of Congress is to provide for the…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 23; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day…

like my colleagues and like people from around the country, North Dakotans are very proud of our military heritage. In fact, North Dakotans sign up at a rate four times the national average. I think you will hear that theme throughout the…

in a little bit, we are going to have the opportunity to vote to confirm Drew Wrigley as the next U.S. attorney for the District of North Dakota. First of all, I want to thank Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer for providing this…

If these recent polar vortexes and cold winters taught us anything, it is that we have a well-rounded energy policy that encourages the best ideas. We need to be pragmatic and collaborative to find solutions. That is not what defines this…

I rise to join my colleagues, first of all, in, yes, opposing this Green New Deal, this joint resolution, that is full of so many dangerous policies and positions. But before I get into my reasons for that, let me also join my colleague…

I thank my friend and colleague, Senator Hoeven. Before I get into my prepared comments, let me first associate myself with his words and his eloquent appreciation and congratulations to the folks at NDSU and to the football team. Let me…

I want to thank Chairman Lamborn, Chairman Bishop, and the ranking member for their cooperation and for helping me move this important legislation that was sponsored, as Chairman Lamborn said, by Senator Hoeven, and for working on my…

I fully expected her to vote yes.

Once the President sets a strategy -- a global strategy I think it's better if we go ahead behind him, unify and win a trade war fast rather than undermine the entire process.

Every community has peace officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect their communities, and we don't say thank you nearly often enough. Today I rise to recognize four very special school resource deputies of the Cass…

During one of my recent weekly talk radio townhalls, I spoke to a family member of a veteran who served aboard the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans during the Vietnam war. The Vietnam veteran, Richard Grant, from Fargo, advocates for…

Not long ago, President Trump successfully negotiated an agreement with Mexico to stop them from dumping illegally subsidized sugar onto the U.S. market. This amendment would undo the President's good work by reopening the floodgates to…

The Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site in Grand Forks, North Dakota, is doing extensive work with private industry stakeholders in advancing this very important emerging industry. However, the growth of the UAS industry is…

the greatest sin that you have committed, if any, is that you have actually done what President Trump ran on, what he won on, and what he has commissioned you to do in finding some balance in both carrying out the mission of environmental…

Isn't the Clean Power Plan at its very core the picking of winners and losers by trying to regulate electric generation outside of the fence line?

It seems to be working against itself.

I want to thank you for your incredible not just an understanding of, but commitment to, cooperative federalism.

I have never had a Cabinet official that knew as much about the policies that your Agency is implementing as you have with yours.

The irony is rich beyond rich with me.

I have to say I think, though, of all of the accusations today, it was interesting after about 4 minutes of defending the swamp, one of their leaders said, 'So much for draining the swamp.'

The restoration of it is no small matter.

I think the greatest sin that you have committed, if any, is that you have actually done what President Trump ran on.

I do worry about the general bias of people in Silicon Valley, but the majority of the folks doing content review are around the world in different places.

I will submit to you that I have fewer choices on the platform--in your type of a platform than I do internet service providers even in rural North Dakota.