United States Senator

Victoria Savage
for North Dakota
Biography: Victoria Savage was sworn in as North Dakotas 22nd Senator in
2011. Savage was North Dakotas governor for 1o years prior to her election to the
United States Senate. Savage was born in Bismarck, North Dakota where her loving
parents (married for 35 years) raised her and her older brother. Savage is 59 years
old and a graduate of Dartmouth college; here she received a masters degree in
business and a bachelors degree in political science. Savage served on many bank
committees throughout the state of North Dakota following her graduation from
Dartmouth; under her leadership, the states economy and the banking systems of
North Dakota improved tremendously. Today, Savage is happily married to her
husband whom she shares two beautiful children and one grandchild with.

Issues:

As Senator for North Dakota, along with working to improve education,

agriculture, national security, and job creation, Savage focuses most of her
attention on maintaining a strong economy for not only her state, but for her
country. Savage holds the belief that when the U.S. state economies are stronger,
not only the nation but the nations people prosper greatly. Savage supports the
idea of a free-market economy, as do many of her Republican colleagues. Savage is
aware of the fact that her state is the second largest oil producing state in the
United States. To ensure a prosperous economy for her people, Savage promises to
continuously support all attempts to strengthen not only North Dakotas oil and
fracking industry but the nations as well. In the past five years alone, the United
States has quickly become one the three largest oil producing countries in the
world. Specifically at this time, however, the nation has overproduced oil and
natural gas resulting in a weakening economy, major job loss, and an overall decline

of companies in the oil industry across the nation. Senator Savage will stop at
nothing to turn around the oil and gas industry in the United States, even if that
requires creating stronger relationships with other nations and working to allow U.S.
oil exports. Senator Savage believes that when the energy industry in America
prospers, the nations economy and the nations people do too.

Representation Style and Committee Assignments:

Savage follows the trustee model of representation. Savage believes that her past
education and success in the economic and energy fields have granted her the
ability to participate in the Senate using her personal beliefs. However, Savage still
promises to remain focused on whats best for her citizens in North Dakota whom
she has grown very close with throughout the years. Savage believes that key
decisions of the nation should be made by its citizens if a strong democracy is to
succeed. With this being said, Senator Savage promises to never ignore the views of
the people who elected her to represent them in the U.S. Senate. Savage serves on
the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations where she is chairman of Homeland
Security. Savage also serves on the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources and the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
(Chairman of Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
Subcommittee). Savage believes that serving on these committees will give her the
ability to work with other senators in order to not only strengthen the nations
agricultural and energy economy but improve relationships with foreign countries as
well.

Services for North Dakotans:

Senator Savage offers many

services for her North Dakotan citizens and cherished supporters. Some of these
services include: schedule requests, flag requests, personalized D.C. tours, help with
federal agencies (casework), internship opportunities, academy nominations,
congratulatory letters, grant support, and assistance in the finding of POW/MIAs.

About North Dakota:

North Dakotas population is made up of 739, 482

people as of 2014. North Dakota may be best known for its beautiful national parks
or for being the adopted home state of President Theodore Roosevelt. North
Dakotas population is 89.1% white, 2.1% black, 3.2% hispanic, 5.4% American
Indian, and 2.1% other. The people of North Dakota tend to have values of working
hard, raising strong families, and working to strengthen the states economy. The
states economy has prospered greatly due to Savages presence in the banking
systems around the state. However, the oil industry has suffered a decline recently
due to companies no longer needing as much oil produced. Many North Dakota
citizens jobs and companies rely on this industry greatly due to the fact that North
Dakota is the second largest oil producing state in the United States (due to

fracking). The agricultural industry is also strong in North Dakota due to the large
amounts of farm fields that populate the state.

Contacting Senator Savage:

Twitter: @SenVictoriaSavageND
Email: www.SenatorSavageND.com

Senator Savages response to President Obamas

last State of the Union Address:
On January 12, 2016, Obama made his 8th and final State of the Union
Address. In this particular address, President Obama talked plentifully about the
nations environment and climate change. In order to better protect our
environment, our president proposed that weve got to accelerate the transition
away from dirty energy1. In this particular statement the president is directly
referencing the coal & oil industry. Rather than working to find newer and cleaner
1 https://medium.com/@WhiteHouse/president-obama-s-2016-state-of-the-union-address7c06300f9726#.cj1raufyo

ways to produce and export oil and gas, the two main foundations of our nations
economy, the President wants to work on expanding solar and wind power across
our nation. This proposition comes with a large cost though. Although cutting down
Americas production of dirty energy would supposedly clean the environment,
millions of people would lose their jobs, the nations economy would suffer greatly,
and the majority of the lower class citizens of America would find themselves
without a constant energy source. The ability to obtain solar and wind power at this
point in time is the same as obtaining a luxury good. Lower class citizens would not
have the same opportunity that upper and middle class citizens have at obtaining
energy if the oil and gas industry were to be replaced as Obama intends it to be in
the coming years. President Obama also stated that, weve cut our imports of
foreign oil by nearly sixty percent, and cut carbon pollution more than any other
country on Earth2 like it was a great accomplishment. The latter is indeed true; in
the past decade Americans have decreased carbon emissions released by oil
fracking and drilling by 10%. However, if we continued making strides to make the
production of oil and coal a cleaner process instead of put[ting] tens of thousands
of Americans to work building a 21st century transportation system, as Obama
proposes we do with those Americans who would lose their jobs after the oil and gas
industry shrinks, I believe America would be a stronger and cleaner nation both
financially and environmentally.
It is time that those in the oil and gas industry stand up to those around them. That
is why I am so honored to be a Senator for my citizens in North Dakota; with this
position I am given the power to expand my colleagues knowledge about the oil and
gas industry and revive it once and for all for not only those in North Dakota, but for
all Americans affected by the industrys decline. Without the oil and gas industry,
thousands of my citizens are out of a job and struggling to support their families. It
is time to prove to millions of Americans just how important the oil and gas industry
is to our nations economy and workforce. A decrease in foreign oil imports is good,
but comes with a cost. The reason for this decrease in imports is because America
has gotten too good at producing oil! We are dominating the world in our oil
production; however, because of this gas prices have decreased dramatically along
with oil production. Thousands have lost their jobs and the nations economy is
suffering without oil. It is time to stand up to environmentalists who believe
destroying dirty energy production will make America a cleaner and stronger
nati0n. The only thing that will make America a stronger nation is rebuilding the oil
and gas industry. If Americans can put their minds to the test, they have the power
to make the industry a cleaner and more efficient source of energy production, job
creation, and economy booster. I know my North Dakotans stand behind me on this,
but it is now time to get the entire nation behind me on this. In conclusion, the
rebirth of a cleaner oil and gas industry is the rebirth of a better, more successful
2 https://medium.com/@WhiteHouse/president-obama-s-2016-state-of-the-union-address7c06300f9726#.cj1raufyo

nation both economically and environmentally. I pledge to you and all Americans my
promise to spread this message to all whom I meet throughout my term. Thank you.
-Senator Victoria Savage

I got inspiration from the current North Dakota senator John Hoeven and his
website. http://www.hoeven.senate.gov/public/