{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-statement-on-judges-order-ensuring-north-dakotas-dapl-protest-damages-lawsuit-can-proceed", "Hoeven Statement on Judge\u2019s Order Ensuring North Dakota\u2019s DAPL Protest Damages Lawsuit Can Proceed", "2023-12-16", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "John Hoeven", "H001061", "www.hoeven.senate.gov", "hoeven", "https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "Hoeven Statement on Judge\u2019s Order Ensuring North Dakota\u2019s DAPL Protest Damages Lawsuit Can Proceed\n\nBISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after U.S. Federal Judge Daniel Traynor issued an order rejecting the federal government\u2019s motion for summary judgement in North Dakota\u2019s lawsuit claiming damages from the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests. The state is seeking $38 million to cover its emergency response costs resulting from the federal government negligence during the protests. This comes in addition to the $10 million that Hoeven secured in 2017 as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee to help reimburse the state.\n\n\u201cThe federal government\u2019s refusal to enforce the law and properly police illegal activity occurring on federal lands during the DAPL protests resulted in significant costs to the state, above and beyond the $10 million that we secured to reimburse these expenses,\u201d said Hoeven. \u201cWe appreciate Judge Traynor\u2019s continued insistence that the lawsuit be allowed to proceed, helping to ensure accountability for federal officials who neglected their responsibilities during these protests.\u201d\n\nHoeven has been working to provide certainty for DAPL\u2019s operations, which are critical to North Dakota and the Three Affiliated Tribes\u2019 energy industry. The senator has repeatedly pressed U.S. Army Corps officials to complete the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process as quickly as possible, with the draft EIS having been issued in September. Hoeven also worked to ensure DAPL\u2019s continued operation while the Corps completes the court-ordered review.\n\n-###-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:56:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-releases/hoeven-statement-on-judges-order-ensuring-north-dakotas-dapl-protest-damages-lawsuit-can-proceed"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4712640549987555, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}