Tag Archive for: John Hoeven

Trump Wrong on Wind Energy – ND Delegation must push back, says Dem-NPL Chair

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 7, 2025

FARGO, ND – Today, President-elect Donald Trump claimed that his administration would block any new wind turbines saying, “We’re gonna try and have a policy where no windmills are being built.”

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “He’s not even President yet, and Donald Trump is already putting the livelihoods of hundreds of North Dakotans at risk by demanding that the important work they do be completely stopped. Wind is the second largest electricity-generating source in North Dakota.

Wind turbine service technician is the fastest growing job in the United States, and North Dakota has the most wind energy-related jobs per capita in the country. Barring North Dakota landowners from building wind turbines would block them from potentially life-changing income and trample on their freedoms.

North Dakota’s congressional delegation, particularly new Energy and Commerce Committee member Julie Fedorchak, must defend these valued folks and the jobs they hold. The North Dakota congressional delegation, including Senators Hoeven and Cramer, like to talk a big game about having influence in the new administration. Now is the perfect time for them to prove it by publicly stepping up and loudly proclaiming that Donald Trump is wrong for wanting to destroy the lives of hundreds of North Dakotans.”

CONTACT:
Laura Dronen
Communications Director
[email protected]

Dem-NPL Chair slams Hoeven and Cramer for voting against Right to IVF Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 13, 2024

FARGO – Today Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer voted against the Right to IVF Act. This comes after the Alabama Supreme Court effectively outlawed IVF until the legislature amended its anti-abortion law.

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “The Democratic Party is the party of families and family values, and we’ve proven it again today. The Right to IVF Act would protect the freedom to access IVF nationwide, ensure North Dakota doctors have the freedom to provide IVF, and lower the cost for treatments. IVF has helped thousands of North Dakotans create the families they want and deserve. The Dobbs decision has had far-reaching ramifications that have made it harder and more dangerous to become pregnant. There is a nationwide effort to rip away access to reproductive health care—including contraception and IVF—if given the chance, and Hoeven and Cramer are complicit in that. That’s why we are asking all pro-family North Dakotans to support Katrina Christiansen for Senate and Trygve Hammer for House, to protect our fundamental rights from Republican big-government interference in our families.”

CONTACT:
Laura Dronen
Communications Director
(701) 566-0616
[email protected]

North Dakota Senators Must Fulfill Their Oath and Vote for a Fair Trial

January 21, 2020

***Statement***

With the impeachment trial of the President under way, the North Dakota Democratic-NPL released the following statement:

North Dakota Democratic-NPL legislators routinely work across the aisle with their Republican colleagues to do the people’s business in Bismarck. North Dakotans expect our representatives in Washington, D.C. to do the same.

As jurors in the president’s impeachment trial, Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer took an oath of impartiality, a vow to abandon partisan politics and follow the truth wherever it leads. But so far, the Senate is rushing through one of the most important trials in American history without a plan to hear witness testimony directly relevant to charges against the president.

Since its founding, the Senate has held 15 impeachment trials. Each time, both sides had the opportunity to present witnesses and evidence because everyone deserves a fair trial, and no one is above the law. A North Dakota jury would promise no less.

But with the trial officially beginning today, it remains unclear if Hoeven and Cramer will entirely abandon their oath. With the trial ongoing and impending votes on the procedural rules, Senators Hoeven and Cramer have the power and the duty to protect the integrity of our democracy and of our Country. North Dakotans deserve representatives who fulfill the oaths they take. We call on Senators Cramer and Hoeven to do the right thing and vote for fairness.

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