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John Hoeven: “At one time, I was the only senator with, I think, mustache…”

Featuring: John Hoeven, Republican | U.S. Senate North Dakota

In-Depth Conversation with Senator John Hoeven on North Dakota's Energy, Agriculture, and Personal Insights

Published March 1, 2024 | Video Starts at 01:10

It's good to be here. And Senator, one of the things people may notice about you is you have always had a heck of a mustache, actually. Yeah. At one time, I was the only senator with, I think, mustache or facial hair of any kind. And as you know, now there's quite a few of them. So it's nice that we've got a lot in the mustache slash facial hair crowd. (01:10–01:16)

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“We lead the nation in 14 different crops.”
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“We grow 70% of [the nation's] red spring wheat.”
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“We're number one in honey.”
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“We have more cattle than people.”
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“University of North Dakota at Grand Forks has the largest flight training program in the nation.”
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“Americans not only have better choice, better quality, better food, they spend less of their budget on their food than any other developed…”
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“We have 16 million people that are involved in farming and ranching, either directly or indirectly.”
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“When I first ran for governor in 2000, my dad said that to me, said, oh, no, if you're going to run for office now, you have to shave off…”
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“And I once I could grow a mustache, which took me till pretty much college.”
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“And by the way, Martin Heinrich and I, on a bipartisan basis, sponsored the legislation that has now made the bison the national mammal.”
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“The national mammal for the United States of America is officially the bison.”
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“Like out of the last 12 years, [the Bison] won nine national championships.”
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“We have an indoor stadium and fill that thing and it's just rocking.”
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“Bison Nation follows our team wherever they go in the country.”
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“When we passed the legislation to make the bison the national mammal.”
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“North Dakota is one of the leading agricultural and energy states in the nation.”
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“We got as high as 1.5 million barrels a day.”
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“We're either second or third for the most oil produced a day.”
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“We got to the point where we were the largest energy producer in the country on the Trump administration.”
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“Now that's declined under the current administration.”
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“Nobody has better environmental stewardship than the United States.”
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“Western Europe getting energy from Russia. No way they should be producing it and getting it from us.”
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