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    Senator John Hoeven and Julie Schaff Ellingson, executive vice president of the North Dakota Stockmen's Association, met with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Army Corps of Engineers officials to press for approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline project. Ellingson described instances of trespassing, vandalism, theft and fires on privately owned ranchland due to protests, and investigators have found several butchered, injured or missing cattle, horses and bison. Hoeven and Ellingson emphasized that approving the pipeline is needed to resolve the situation and ensure public safety and property rights in the ranching community.

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    Senator John Hoeven and Julie Schaff Ellingson, executive vice president of the North Dakota Stockmen's Association, met with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Army Corps of Engineers officials to press for approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline project. Ellingson described instances of trespassing, vandalism, theft and fires on privately owned ranchland due to protests, and investigators have found several butchered, injured or missing cattle, horses and bison. Hoeven and Ellingson emphasized that approving the pipeline is needed to resolve the situation and ensure public safety and property rights in the ranching community.

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    Senator John Hoeven and Julie Schaff Ellingson, executive vice president of the North Dakota Stockmen's Association, met with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Army Corps of Engineers officials to press for approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline project. Ellingson described instances of trespassing, vandalism, theft and fires on privately owned ranchland due to protests, and investigators have found several butchered, injured or missing cattle, horses and bison. Hoeven and Ellingson emphasized that approving the pipeline is needed to resolve the situation and ensure public safety and property rights in the ranching community.

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    HOEVENJOINEDBYSTOCKMENSASSOCIATIONHEADTOPRESSFORRESOLUTIONTODAKOTAACCESSPIPELINEPROJECT:Senator,StockmensAssociationVic

    PresidentMeetwithInteriorSecretaryandTopCorpsOfficials

    Canton,Don(Hoeven)

    9:29AM

    FORIMMEDIATERELEASEContact:DonCantonorKamiCapener
    November3,2016Don_Canton@hoeven.senate.gov

    **ClickhereforvideoofSenatorHoevenandJulieSchaffEllingson.Clickhereforaudio**
    HOEVENJOINEDBYSTOCKMENSASSOCIATIONHEADTOPRESSFORRESOLUTIONTO
    DAKOTAACCESSPIPELINEPROJECT
    Senator,StockmensAssociationVicePresidentMeetwithInteriorSecretaryandTopCorpsOfficials

    WASHINGTONSenatorJohnHoevenWednesdaywasjoinedbyJulieSchaffEllingson,theexecutive
    vicepresidentofNorthDakotaStockmensAssociation,incallingontheObamaAdministrationandtheCorps
    toissueaneasementfortheDakotaAccessPipelineandputanendtotheunrestaffectingtheranching
    community.Ellingsonandherhusbandarefourthandfifthgenerationranchersandfarmersintheareaofthe
    protests.

    ThesenatorarrangedmeetingsinhisWashingtonofficewithadministrationofficialssothattheycould
    hearfirsthandfromsomeonewhocouldspeakonbehalfofresidentsdirectlyimpactedbysomeofthelawless
    protestactivity.ThesenatorandEllingsonmetwithSecretaryoftheInteriorSallyJewellAssistantSecretary
    LowryCrookfortheCorpsofEngineersandMajorGeneralDonaldJackson,DeputyCommandingGeneral
    forCivilandEmergencyOperationswiththeArmyCorpsofEngineers.

    Ellingsondescribedinstancesoftrespassing,vandalism,theftandfireonprivatelyownedranchland.
    Shealsoemphasizedthechallengescausedbyroadsbeingblockedorclosedeitherbyprotestactivityorlaw
    enforcementsresponsetoittoensuresafetyatatimewhenfarmersandranchersarebusyharvesting,hauling
    hay,shippingcalvesandmovingtheirherdsfromsummerpasture.

    Inaddition,Ellingsonsaidlawenforcementhasalsoseenseveralcasesofbutchered,mutilated,injured
    andmissingcattle,horsesandbisonoverrecentweeksinareasadjacenttositesoccupiedbyprotesters.To
    date,sixbison,sixcowsandtwohorseshavebeenfounddead,twocowshavebeenshotandinjuredandmore
    than30cowsandcalveshavebeenreportedmissing.Thecasesarestillunderinvestigation,butillustratethe
    safetyriskthatmayexistforlandowners,livestockandothersoccupyingthearea.

    Everyonesfirstprioritymustbepublicsafety,Hoevensaid.Farmers,ranchersandallwholiveand
    workintheareamustnotbeintimidatedandthreatenedbyviolentprotesters,mostofwhomhavecomefrom
    outofstate.Lawenforcementofficershavedonearemarkablejobofshowingrestraint,evenwhentheyhave
    beenassaultedinthecourseofaskingtheprotesterstoleaveprivateproperty.Theyneedhelp,butmore
    importantly,theyneedtoseethisissueresolvedsothatlifecangetbacktonormal.Wewillcontinuetopress
    theadministrationandtheCorps,aswedidtoday,tomakeadeterminationapprovingtheeasement.

    Overthepastcouplemonths,thisfarmingandranchingcommunityhasbeenturnedonitsheadand
    privatepropertyrightshavebeenundersiege,Ellingsonsaid.Werehopefulthefederalagencies
    acknowledgetheseverityofthesituationandthattheirinactionleavesfarmers,ranchersandtheirpropertyina
    compromisedandsometimesdangerousposition.

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