Businesses Must Invest In Products And People

If You Take A Look At Medicare, There Are Things We Could Do, Not Just Tort Reform But Truly Reform The Whole Reimbursement System Which Will Help In Terms Of Reducing Costs And Creating The Right Kind Of Incentives For Savings.

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.

Our Single Greatest Challenge Is The Ability To Move Power To Markets Outside North Dakota.

On Earth Day, We Celebrate All The Gifts The World And Nature Make Available To Us. We Recognize Our Complete Dependence On Its Bounty. And We Acknowledge The Need For Good Stewardship To Preserve Its Fruits For Future Generations.

The Irony Of Environmental Opposition To The Keystone Xl Project Is That Stopping The Pipeline To The U.s. Will Not Stop Production In The Oil Sands Of Canada. Instead Of Coming To The United States, The Oil Will Still Be Produced And Shipped By Rail Or A Pipeline Similar To The Keystone Xl To Canada's Pacific Coast.