Phone: (202) 224-2551

With Republicans needing offsets for extending the 2017 tax cuts and other spending, the idea of selling government land has stayed on the agenda, along with more oil and gas leases.

“There’s been some general discussion of that, I wouldn’t say there’s been specifics at this point,” said Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “That’s an option looking for revenue options, as well as cost savings, in order to find the overall pay-fors we need.”

Phone: (202) 224-2043

Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota tried to explain away support for public lands, saying, “Montana is so different than the other federal lands states… they like their federal lands [for hunting and other activities].” But according to the Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West poll,voters in all Western states, not just Montana, like their national public lands for hunting and other activities. Just 14 percent of Western voters want to see national public lands sold to develop housing on natural areas.

Phone: (202) 225-2611

Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump, urging immediate action to roll back the Biden Administration’s energy regulations. The letter outlines 20 specific federal regulations . According to Fedorchak “these and other rules targeted for repeal have placed undue burdens on energy producers.”

The regulations identified in the letter include: The EPA’s Clean Power Plan 2.0 and federal rules on energy production on public lands, such as the BLM's Resource Management Plan for North Dakota