DORGAN CALLS FOR INCREASED NORTH DAKOTA OIL REFINING, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on September 4, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) chaired a Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee field hearing here today to examine how North Dakota can ensure the proper infrastructure is in place to take full advantage of the oil and gas resources discovered in the Bakken Shale formation

DORGAN DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT UNITED TRIBES TRIBAL SUMMIT LUNCHEON

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on September 4, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan called for improved Indian health care and increased law enforcement on reservations in his keynote address delivered today at the United Tribes Tribal Summit Luncheon in Bismarck

DORGAN HOLDS TOWN HALL MEETING IN KENMARE

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on September 2, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) held a town hall meeting Tuesday in Kenmare to listen to concerns of area residents

DORGAN CALLS NEW WATER AGREEMENT A MAJOR BOOST TO FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on September 2, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) joined with officials from New Town and the Three Affiliated Tribes today to celebrate an agreement to bring clean, dependable drinking water to rural areas of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

DORGAN HONORS THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES FALLEN SOLDIERS

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on September 2, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) was joined today by officials from the Three Affiliated Tribes for a dedication of the new Fallen Soldiers Memorial on the east side of the Three Affiliated Tribes Museum here

DORGAN MEETS WITH OFFICIALS AT GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on August 22, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) visited Friday with officials at Grand Forks Air Force Base to get an update on progress on the new unmanned aircraft systems mission and other issues critical to the base.

DORGAN OBJECTS TO BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ACTION THAT TRANSFERS SIX POLICE OFFICERS FROM STANDING ROCK

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on August 21, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is objecting to action by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs that reduced the number of police officers that have been sent to the Standing Rock Reservation as part of Operation Dakota Peacekeeper.

DORGAN, NDSU AND NATIONAL LAB OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIPS

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on August 19, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
At a press conference today accompanied by officials from North Dakota State University and two national research laboratories, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced three new, high-tech Research Corridor projects that will partner the school with two of the nation’s federal research laboratories.

DORGAN SAYS PERMANENT CELL PHONE TOWER IN NORTHWOOD NOW OPERATIONAL, GIVING BOOST TO REBUILDING EFFORT

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on August 18, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announced Monday that Northwood’s new permanent cellular phone tower, which was erected after he urged Verizon Wireless to help improve service to the area, is now fully operational.

DORGAN SAYS IRAQ SHOULD PAY FOR ITS OWN RECONSTRUCTION

Byron Dorgan's Senate Member Office (D-ND) posted a Press Release on August 12, 2008 | 1:00 am - Permalink - Comments (View)
With Iraq reporting a budget surplus projected to be as high as $50 billion as a result of their oil production, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) says the U.S. should shift the roughly $10 billion of unspent American taxpayer dollars designated for Iraq reconstruction, and use it instead to expand renewable energy programs here at home