My first 100 days in Congress
Dear Friend,
Last week marked my first 100 days in office! My team and I hit the ground running. In just 100 days, we’ve made real progress cutting burdensome regulations, promoting American energy, and delivering results for the people who make our state great—and this is just the beginning.
In this special newsletter, you’ll find highlights of key wins for North Dakota’s energy producers, families, and agricultural communities in these 100 days. I always appreciate hearing from you, so please reach out and share your thoughts.
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My Best,
Julie
In my first 100 days in Congress, I’ve made it a top priority to stay connected with North Dakotans and deliver results on the issues that matter most. I’ve met with more than 130 organizations and community leaders, held a statewide telephone town hall with over 3,000 participants, and joined weekly radio call-in shows to hear directly from North Dakotans.
Whether it's strengthening our energy industry, supporting farmers and ranchers, protecting property rights, or restoring order at the border, my team and I are focused every day on advancing North Dakota’s priorities. This includes introducing and supporting legislation to roll back costly regulations, improve grid reliability, and get government out of the way of responsible development.
One thing that has taken Washington far too long is passing a Farm Bill. In support of our farmers and ranchers, I'm pushing House Leadership to finalize work on the Farm Bill and bring it to vote as soon as possible. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and I hosted a virtual roundtable with North Dakota agricultural leaders to discuss Farm Bill priorities—such as strengthening crop insurance, raising reference prices, boosting funding for export programs, and increasing research funding.
Partnering with Senators Hoeven and Cramer, we have proposed legislation to enhance development of state-owned lands and minerals. I’ve also joined forces with Rep. Hageman (R-WY) to enhance landowner rights relating to perpetual federal easements.
Recognizing outstanding North Dakotans on the House Floor is a true honor. I recently paid tribute to Else Rike of Grand Forks who was featured in the Wall Street Journal this year for still doing tax returns for clients, by hand, at the age of 101! Please nominate a Notable North Dakotan in your community here.
Additionally, in these first months, I’ve visited the White House several times, met with administration officials to discuss tariffs, attended President Trump’s joint address to Congress, and invited him to visit North Dakota to meet directly with our producers. Many North Dakotans have expressed their support for two key votes I have casted in favor of a conservative budget resolution that supports energy dominance, border security, lower taxes, and responsible spending.
- Spoke out against the Biden Bureau of Land Management’s new Resource Management Plan to lock up millions of acres of oil, gas, and coal leases in North Dakota. We need to unleash energy production, not shut it down.
- Met with President Trump’s trade team from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) twice to discuss challenges North Dakota’s businesses, farmers, and energy producers face with tariffs.
- Hosted a virtual roundtable with House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and North Dakota agriculture leaders on key updates about Farm Bill and the need to strengthen crop insurance, increase reference prices, and significantly increase money for the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development Program (FMD).
- Held my first telephone town hall, where I engaged with more than 3,000 North Dakotans and answered questions on critical issues—like Social Security, Medicaid, tariffs, trade, the Department of Education, and more. Click here to read a summary of the discussion.
- Addressed the North Dakota Legislature to highlight pressing issues in Washington and how North Dakota can lead the way in solving them, including providing the much-needed power to fuel the AI revolution.
- Introduced the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act alongside Senators Hoeven and Cramer to enable greater development of state-owned lands and minerals. Click here to read a summary of the bill.
- Introduced the Landowner Easement Rights Act with Rep. Hageman (R-WY) which would prohibit the Department of Interior (DOI) from entering into new conservation easements exceeding 30 years and empowers landowners to renegotiate terms, renew agreements, or buy back conservation easements at fair market value.
- Voted in favor of H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which mandates uniform proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections, a standard that mirrors the effective practices long upheld in North Dakota.
- Voted for the DETERRENT Act to protect American higher education from foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
- Introduced my first resolution to honor the Bison faithful on winning their 10th national championship in 14 years.
- Introduced a resolution with Senators Cramer and Hoeven to rename the Casselton Post Office after Commander Delbert Olson, who served our country in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- Highlighted Else Rike of Grand Forks on the House Floor, in celebration of her 101st birthday.
- Joined KFGO, WDAY, and multiple shows on The Flag radio as well as Rob Port’s Podcast, Plain Talk.
- My radio schedule includes Scott Hennen’s What’s on Your Mind the first and third Monday of every month, Dakota Mornings with Michael Bell the second and fourth Monday of every month, KNOX with Noah Chelliah the second and fourth Friday of every month, and more to be added.
- Sent a letter to President Trump and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging them to rescind the Biden administration's energy regulations. Six of these were overturned by the EPA.
- Introduced the Ending Intermittent Energy Subsidies Act, common-sense legislation to responsibly phase out production and investment tax credits for wind and solar energy over the next five years.
- Hosted a Special Order on the House Floor to sound the alarm on the rising threats to American energy reliability and offer five solutions to restore grid reliability.
- Launched an AI & Energy Working Group to bring together legislators and industry leaders to establish a legislative framework to reliably, affordably, and sustainably fuel the AI revolution.
- Introduced a resolution to repeal the Biden administration’s burdensome ‘Once-In-Always-In’ rule that discourages innovation and punishes businesses for reducing emissions. Click here to watch my speech on the House Floor.
- Introduced H.Res. 290, a resolution that recognizes the urgent and growing threats to the reliability of America’s electric grid warns that the premature shutdown of reliable baseload power sources—such as coal and natural gas—without dependable replacements is putting the nation at risk of energy shortages, higher costs, and weakened security.
- Spoke on the House Floor in support of a resolution she cosponsored to repeal President Biden’s punitive methane tax on petroleum and natural gas producers.
- Voted to overturn three extreme Biden regulations that put radical ideology ahead of American energy security and manufacturing jobs.
- Penned an op-ed supporting Doug Burgum, North Dakota’s former Governor, for Secretary of the Interior.
- Gave my first speech on the House floor in support of unleashing energy production in North Dakota.
- Cosponsored and voted for H.R. 26, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, to safeguard affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable energy production in the United States. Click here to read my full statement.
- Visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to talk with law enforcement, border personnel, community leaders, and business owners about the consequences of President Biden’s failed border policies. Click here to read more about my time at the southern border.
- Voted and spoke on the House Floor in support of legislation to prohibit men from participating in women’s sports.
- Voted in support of the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.
- Attended the Laken Riley Act bill signing ceremony at the White House, legislation I voted in favor of.
- Voted in support of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and joined various pro-life events, including visiting with more than 300 students from North Dakota.
- Spoke out against the fentanyl crisis on the House Floor and voted in favor of the HALT Fentanyl Act. Click here to read my full statement.
- Voted in favor of Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act to crack down on high-speed chases along our southern border.
- Voted for the conservative House budget resolution, which will lay the foundation for President Trump’s America First policy agenda that will secure our border, unleash American energy production, help lower taxes, and cut wasteful government spending.
- Attended President Trump’s joint address to Congress.
- Visited the White House and invited President Trump to come to North Dakota to meet with our energy producers, farmers, and small business owners.
- Advanced H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This measure funds our military, social service programs, and federal government while Republicans continue working to improve energy policy, eliminate red tape, secure the border, and cut wasteful spending.
- Voted in favor of legislation to help Congress overturn multiple last-minute regulations issued by the Biden administration more quickly.
- Spoke out against the regulatory state on the House Floor, highlighting it’s past time to put power back where it belongs, with the American people.
- Voted to overturn burdensome regulations on gas-fired instantaneous water heaters.
- Voted to overturn two crushing energy efficiency regulations on refrigeration equipment that impose unrealistic standards and increase costs for small businesses and customers. Click here to watch my floor speech.
- President Trump’s EPA rolled back 31 burdensome regulations. Eliminating these regulations is great news for North Dakota’s energy producers and farmers and was high on my list of priorities since being elected. In fact, I urged elimination of many of these regulations in my first letter to President Trump and then-Governor Burgum.
- Issued a Request For Information (RFI) to gather information from the nation’s biggest players in the energy and AI industry as part of my AI and Energy Working Group to help develop a legislative framework to eliminate the barriers and promote the investment needed to power this vital new technology at the speed of need.
- Penned a branded blog for the Congressional Western Caucus to sound the alarm on America’s growing grid reliability concerns.
- North Dakota Chiropractic Association
- Shanley High School
- University of Mary
- Dr. Scott Snyder, UND VP for Research and Economic Development
- USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council and the North Dakota Dry Pea & Lentil Council Chairman
- American Pulse Association
- U.S. Pea & Lentil Trade Association
- Northern Plains National Park Heritage Area
- North Dakota Special Olympics
- North Dakota Rural Water System Managers and Board Members
- North Dakota Department of Transportation
- WomenHeart
- North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
- Bismarck High School students
- North Dakota Barley Council
- Tribal Colleges and Universities
- Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD)
- North Dakota Rural Health Association
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- ND State Fire Marshal’s Office and Williston Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief and Lieutenant
- Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) and North Dakota Domestic & Sexual Violence Coalition (NDDSVC)
- Disabled American Veterans (DAV) North Dakota
- Debbie's Dream Foundation
- NG9-1-1 Program Manager
- EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
- The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
- National Association of County and City Health Officials
- ACE 24 Hour Towing, member of the Towing & Recovery Association of America
- NASA North Dakota Space Grant Consortium
- North Dakota Aeronautics Commission
- Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
- Northland Potatoes North Dakota
- Black Gold Farms North Dakota
- North Dakota Potato Leadership participants
- North Dakota county leaders with National Association of Counties Legislative Conference
- Humanities North Dakota
- Department of North Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars
- North Dakota Growers with the National Onion Association
- National Audubon Society
- North Dakota Farmers Union
- North Dakota Fraternal Order of Police
- North Dakota Broadcasters Association
- MCI New Flyer Bus Manufacturer in North Dakota
- YMCA of the Northern Sky
- Dakota Credit Union Association
- Close Up Foundation
- Ottertail Power
- Boys and Girls Clubs of America
- High Plains Fair Housing Center
- State Librarian of North Dakota with Voices for Libraries
- North Dakota leaders of the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation
- Fargo-Moorhead Flood Diversion project
- North Dakota leaders of the Livestock Marketing Association
- UND leadership, including President Andy Armacost, DeAnna Carlson Zink, CEO of UND Alumni Association & Foundation, and Carlisle Clarke of the UND Washington Team
- North Dakota Leaders of American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- North Dakota School Nutrition Association
- North Dakota League of Cities
- The Hub Convenience Stores, Inc. of Dickinson, ND with the National Association of Convenience Stores
- Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Vice Chairman Frank Jamerson and Councilmembers Yellow Hammer and Bird Horse
- North Dakota Association of Secondary School Principals
- National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
- Community Action Partnership of North Dakota (CAPND)
- Jennifer Curran, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO)
- Ports to Plains Alliance
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (OMSs) from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- North Dakota leaders of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
- The North Dakota Dental Association
- Heartview Foundation
- CommunityWorks North Dakota
- Essentia Health
- Commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions
- North Dakota leaders of the American Frozen Food Institute
- United Motorcoach Association’s Bus and Motorcoach Industry
- North Dakota leaders of National Association of Workforce Boards
- Colonel Timothy Monroe, 319 Reconnaissance Wing Commander
- National Association of Community Health Centers
- North Dakota Leaders of National Retail Federation
- North Dakota Leaders of American College of Gastroenterology
- Fatemeh Saeedi, North Dakota Congressional App Challenge Winner
- Stratolaunch
- Mikinok Enterprises
- North Dakota Laborers Union
- North Dakota Bankers Association
- Carbon Utilization Research Council
- Cass County Veteran Service
- North Dakota Soybean Association
- North Dakota Grain Growers
- North Dakota Corn Growers Association
- North Dakota Grazer Association
- North Dakota leaders from North American Millers' Association
- Energy Progress & Innovation Conference (EPIC)
- The Mayor of Washburn
- Coal Creek Station
- Lignite Energy Council
- The Morton County Sheriff
- The Burleigh County Sheriff's Office
- The Mayor of Mandan
- 30+ members of the long-term care community
- Arthur Mayor Greg Nelson and City Council members
- Horace Mayor Jeff Trudeau and City Administrator Brenton Holper
- North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Saddle and Sirloin Club
- Medora Mayor Derwin Zuroff
- Dickinson Mayor Scott Decker
- Bismarck Mayor Mike Schmitz
- North Dakota Senate and House leadership
- North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC)
- NDSU President David Cook
- Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber
- Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire and the Standing Rock Tribal Council
- Greater North Dakota Chamber legislative social
- Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce
- North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley
- North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources Director Nathan Anderson
- Adjutant General Mitchell Johnson and tour of Camp Grafton
- North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe
- AARP North Dakota
- VanBedaf Dairy Farm and Cows & Co Creamery
- Spirit Lake Nation Chairperson Lonna Jackson-Street and the tribal council
- Head Start Jamestown
- North Dakota Corn Growers Association at the Carrington Ag Research Center
- Devils Lake Mayor Jim Moe and City Administrator Spencer Halvorson
- North Dakota National Guard at Roughrider Conference
- Altru Hospital
- Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce