Fedorchak’s first 100 days in Congress

April 14, 2025
Press Release

Bismarck, ND – Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) is marking her first 100 days in office by highlighting key wins for North Dakota’s energy producers, families, and agricultural communities. Since taking office in January, Fedorchak has focused on advancing commonsense policies that cut red tape, support American energy, and reflect the priorities of North Dakotans. 

“We hit the ground running,” Fedorchak said. “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 we’re just getting started.” 

Fedorchak has made it a priority to stay connected with constituents across the state. She has met with more than 130 North Dakota organizations, participated in radio call-in shows weekly, and held her first statewide telephone town hall, engaging with more than 3,000 North Dakotans on a range of issues.

On energy, Fedorchak has been a consistent advocate for North Dakota producers. She cosponsored a resolution to repeal President Biden’s punitive methane tax on petroleum and natural gas producers—a measure that was signed into law by President Trump—and introduced a resolution to repeal the burdensome “Once-In-Always-In” rule that punishes businesses for reducing emissions. She also launched a new AI & Energy Working Group to power the future of AI. Fedorchak’s first speech on the House Floor focused on unleashing domestic energy production and she also hosted a Special Order on the House Floor dedicated to educating her colleagues about the serious reliability challenges our nation faces. She is leading and supporting multiple measures to strengthen grid reliability and roll back Biden-era regulations that exacerbate reliability challenges, impede energy development, and increase costs.

In support of North Dakota’s farmers and ranchers, Fedorchak is pushing House Leadership to pass the Farm Bill as soon as possible. She hosted a virtual roundtable with House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) and North Dakota agriculture leaders to discuss Farm Bill priorities—such as strengthening crop insurance, raising reference prices, boosting funding for export programs, and increasing research funding. She has also met with President Trump’s trade team twice to discuss the impact of tariffs on North Dakota’s economy and advocated for fair trade policies that level the playing field and benefit producers, manufacturers, and Main Street businesses. 

Fedorchak is also leading on issues impacting land use and property rights. She introduced the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act with Senators Hoeven and Cramer to promote responsible development of state-owned lands and minerals. She also teamed up with Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) to introduce the Landowner Easement Rights Act, which would prohibit the Department of the Interior from entering into new conservation easements lasting more than 30 years and allow landowners to renegotiate, renew, or buy back existing easements at fair market value. Fedorchak has also spoken out against the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed Resource Management Plan that, if not reversed, will prevent the leasing of millions of acres of public and privately held oil, gas, and coal mineral rights in North Dakota.  

On national security, Fedorchak is supporting solutions to restore order at the border and improve safety in our communities. She voted in favor of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which mandates proof of U.S. citizenship for federal elections—a standard long upheld in North Dakota. She visited the U.S.-Mexico border to talk with law enforcement, border personnel, community leaders, and business owners to understand the complications and consequences of President Biden’s negligence at the border and the associated crisis. Fedorchak voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act (now law), the HALT Fentanyl Act, the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act, and the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. Fedorchak also backed legislation to protect women’s sports and supported the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. 

Fedorchak was a deciding vote on the conservative House budget resolution that lays the foundation for President Trump’s key priorities including securing the border, unleashing domestic energy, lowering taxes for all Americans, and cutting wasteful government spending. She attended President Trump’s joint address to Congress, visited the White House several times, and invited the president to North Dakota to meet with farmers, ranchers, and energy producers.  

“Every day my team and I are focused on solving problems for North Dakota citizens and delivering policy solutions. This is just the beginning,” Fedorchak concluded. 

Check out below for a full list of 100-day accomplishments, including meeting with 130+ North Dakota groups and leaders: 

 

DELIVERING FOR NORTH DAKOTA:  

 

  • 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 the 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 her first telephone town hall, where she 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 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 empower 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 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. 

  • Fedorchak’s 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, Critical Thought on KNOX with Noah Chelliah the second and fourth Friday of every month, and more. 

 

UNLEASHING AMERICAN ENERGY: 

 

  • 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 her 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 and 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.    

  • Voted to overturn three extreme Biden regulations that put radical ideology ahead of American energy security and manufacturing jobs. 

  • 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 her full statement.  

     

KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE:  

 

  • 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 border crisis. Click here to read more about her 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.  

ADVANCING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S AGENDA:  

 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

     

REINING IN BUREAUCRATIC OVERREACH: 

 

  • 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 two crushing energy efficiency regulations on refrigeration equipment that impose unrealistic standards and increase costs for small businesses and customers. Click here to watch her floor speech.  

     

ICYMI:  

 

  • 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 her list of priorities since being elected. In fact, she urged elimination of many of these regulations in her 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 her 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.   

     

MEETINGS WITH NORTH DAKOTANS: 

 

  • 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 

  • NDSU President David Cook 

  • 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)    

  • Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber 

  • Standing Rock Chairwoman Janet Alkire and the Standing Rock Tribal Council  

  • Greater North Dakota Chamber 

  • 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 

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