In The News: Fedorchak spotlights One Big Beautiful Bill wins for North Dakotans
ICYMI: Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak joined Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer in Bismarck for a press conference to speak on the benefits of the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill. From strengthening and securing Medicaid for the most vulnerable to repealing generous taxpayer-funded subsidies for wind and solar projects that threaten grid reliability, Fedorchak laid out how this landmark legislation lays the groundwork for a stronger, safer, and more competitive America.
Check out these highlights in the news:
Inforum: [Sen. Cramer] was joined by Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Julie Fedorchak, the other members of North Dakota's all-Republican federal delegation, at the North Dakota Petroleum Foundation in Bismarck. “I had to bring my notes because there’s so many things in this great big, beautiful bill to tout that I actually can’t remember them all,” Fedorchak said. Each delegate took turns praising tax cuts to big agricultural, oil, gas and coal businesses, as well as looser regulations on energy development and the major reshaping of social programs. Fedorchak, who serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said phasing out wind and solar tax credits and increasing oil and gas leasing, in addition to bringing coal energy back online, will help stabilize the grid and draw more business to the state — particularly when it comes to feeding artificial intelligence. [...] Fedorchak said much of the narrative surrounding cuts and changes to Medicaid is "fear-mongering" and misinformation. [...] “It’s all about policy to help make America stronger, safer and more competitive,” Fedorchak said. “And that’s what the one big, beautiful bill does in so many ways.”
WDAY: Days after the so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ was passed and signed into law, North Dakota Republican Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak is making the case that the budget package will benefit everyone. “I really think it’s going to help jumpstart our economy and get America back on track,” Fedorchak told The Flag’s The Steve Hallstrom Show on Monday.
North Dakota Monitor: During a Monday press conference touting the “big, beautiful” bill at North Dakota Petroleum Council offices in Bismarck, North Dakota Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, and U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, all Republicans, took turns at the microphone praising the Republican tax bill and how it will help North Dakotans, the energy grid and the country. [...] Fedorchak, a former utility regulator, said about 95% of the new power generation hooked into the energy grid recently was from wind and solar projects. “I wonder why? It’s because we’re telling them that’s what we want with our production tax credits,” she said. “They have to go away. It’s absolutely essential for the reliability of our grid.”
Good Day Dakota: Senator John Hoeven stood alongside Representative Julie Fedorchak and Senator Kevin Cramer to talk about how the One Big Beautiful Bill will help North Dakotans. Lawmakers talked about how the legislation will encourage the coal, oil, and gas industries to work together to help stabilize the electric grid. They say it will help produce more energy from America's own resources and keep prices steady. Then representative Fedorchak took a question about SNAP, also known as food stamps, and explained how the new work requirements will work. She said able-bodied adults from 19 to 64 in age will now have to work at least 20 hours a week or become a volunteer. This will allow those people to keep their benefits. [...] Now, if you currently receive SNAP benefits, nothing is changing overnight. New work requirements and cuts could start soon, but states will need time to get their systems ready.
KX News: Representative Julie Fedorchak pushed back on critics who say the changes are unfair. “Work, volunteer or go to school 20 hours a week. And then if you do that, guess what? You don’t lose your benefits. You keep your benefits,” she said. “So all these millions of people that are being suggested that like you’re not going to, we’re throwing them out without it. That’s not true. It’s simply not true. They have the choice. If they want to meet one of those work requirements, they should be able to keep their benefits.”
KFYR: On Monday, at the North Dakota Petroleum Council, North Dakota's congressional delegation pushed back on concerns over cuts of Medicaid in the new law. They said North Dakota is unique and has a fund for rural hospitals rather than provider taxes. Fedorchak said that it is important to ensure that Medicaid is only made available to those who most need it, such as the poor, the disabled, and pregnant moms. [...] Fedorchak also emphasized the importance of work requirements. People aged 19 to 64 will be required to work, volunteer, or go to school to qualify.
Bismarck Tribune: One of the big-ticket items that North Dakota politicians successfully pushed for was the elimination of federal tax credits for wind and solar energy. "This is what drove me to run for this office in the first place," said first-term U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, a former utility regulator. The move comes during a time of rising power demands largely driven by data centers—the physical infrastructure used for a variety of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and cryptocurrencies. North Dakota's delegation argued that to meet these huge power demands, more "dispatchable"—non-weather-dependent—power is needed, yet federal policy largely incentivizes building renewables. Fedorchak rejected the argument that removing the credits would raise power bills. She said clean energy has other costs, such as extra transmission and local opposition, that its backers do not account for. "I think that it sends the right signals to the market," she said. [...] The delegation also addressed concerns about Medicaid cuts included in the bill, stating North Dakota rural hospitals would benefit. Sen. John Hoeven explained states using "provider taxes" would face the most impact, but North Dakota doesn't heavily use these taxes, positioning it to benefit from transition funding in the bill. Fedorchak criticized misinformation around Medicaid, asserting, "The truth of the matter is we will spend more dollars on Medicaid tomorrow than we're spending today…Only in Washington can you spend more money and be accused of cutting like that." [...] The delegation emphasized their ongoing coordination with state officials and Trump’s Cabinet to smoothly implement and monitor the bill's impacts in North Dakota.
KFYR: On Monday, North Dakota’s U.S. Senator John Hoeven, Representative Julie Fedorchak and Senator Kevin Cramer held a press conference on the Big Beautiful Bill. The congressional representatives took questions from a packed room of reporters. Chief among concerns was Medicaid cuts. Your News Leader asked Hoeven, Fedorchak and Cramer what they thought about these concerns. They responded by saying that North Dakota is unique and has a fund for rural hospitals rather than provider taxes. [...] Fedorchak said that it is important to ensure that Medicaid is only made available to those who most need it, such as the poor, disabled and pregnant moms. “I just want to add that the fear-mongering and misinformation that has occurred on the Medicaid reforms alone is probably one of the most disheartening and discouraging things I’ve ever witnessed in 30-some years of being involved. There is very little truth coming out of what is actually happening here,” said Fedorchak. Fedorchak also emphasized the importance of work requirements for able-bodied people aged 19 to 64.
CLICK HERE to read Fedorchak’s statement following passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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