We targeted five industries for growth, industries where we have natural advantages in North Dakota: value-added agriculture, advanced manufacturing, technology-based businesses, energy and tourism. We worked very hard to grow all those businesses, and that’s what’s happening.
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Our Keystone legislation received strong bipartisan support in the Senate. Although it didn't receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, 56 senators - a majority - voted in favor of the bill. Despite President Obama's actively lobbying against the bill, we still won the support of 11 Democrats.
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We have the resources and technology to produce more energy than we consume and break our long-standing dependence on foreign sources of oil. All we need is the will. In fact, there’s a path to follow, one that North Dakota blazed over the last decade by building a comprehensive energy plan we called Empower North Dakota.
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We believe that business is the engine that drives the car. You’ve got to build your business base. That means creating more jobs, better paying jobs – that’s how you raise your standard of living. That’s how you raise your quality of life. That’s what funds all the other services people want from government.
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Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. In 2012, North Dakota produced more than 245 million barrels of oil and provided nearly 11 percent of all U.S. output.
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Birth: | 13th March, 1957 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician |
John Henry Hoeven III was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA. He is an American Republican politician serving as the senior United States Senator from North Dakota since 2011. He served as the 31st Governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010. He served as the president of the nation's only state-owned bank, the Bank of North Dakota, from 1993 to 2000. He earned a BA degree from Dartmouth College. He earned an MBA degree from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He married Mikey L. Hoeven in 1983. They have two children.
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