Letter: Senator Hoeven’s congressional voting record avoids helping North Dakota citizens

Within the final debate among the many U.S. Senate candidates, Senator Hoeven reminded voters a number of instances he voted for the $1 trillion Infrastructure Invoice after working with Senators Manchin and Sinema to scale back the general value of the laws. Whereas he touted this final result, he didn’t additionally say he voted towards different laws that will assist odd North Dakotans, not simply those that are aligned with the oil and fuel enterprise. He voted towards payments to cap the price of insulin at $35 and permit Medicare to barter with pharmaceutical corporations the costs of 10 medicine, cut back inflation, enhance our know-how capabilities, fund psychological well being in colleges and tackle gun violence, monetary assist to Ukraine, defend ladies’s entry to well being care and voting rights. He additionally voted towards payments to assist small companies recuperate from the financial harm of COVID and the American Rescue Plan, one other COVID associated reduction invoice.

Whereas I respect Hoeven’s vote on the $1 trillion Infrastructure Invoice invoice, he appears in any other case decided to keep away from serving to odd North Dakotans. We will and should do higher for our state. Vote as in case your life and your kid’s life rely upon it.