Hoeven Statement on Fiscal Year 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

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Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that both the U.S. Senate and House have approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a bipartisan agreement that will fund the U.S. federal government through 2014. The legislation now goes to the president for signature.

The legislation is the result of extensive bipartisan and bicameral negotiations and compromise. The measure sets discretionary spending levels $164 billion below the 2008 budget level, reducing expenditures from $1.176 trillion in 2008 to just over $1.012 trillion in 2014, according to Hoeven. It passed overwhelmingly in the Senate, 72 to 26, and in the U.S. House, 359 to 67.

"We have substantially reduced federal discretionary spending to address our deficit and debt, and at the same time, set priorities for North Dakota and the American people," Hoeven said. "This bill makes our nation's military stronger, our communities safer and our farmers and ranchers more productive, while reducing our spending to pre-2008 levels."

Priorities that Senator Hoeven pushed for North Dakota include measures to retain America's military strength; promote energy development; strengthen law enforcement on tribal lands; and support our farmers and ranchers.

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