News Photos
The following news photographs are released for use by news organizations in North Dakota and elsewhere. If you have questions, need more information, or have a specific request, please contact Senator Dorgan’s Press Office at 202-224-2551.
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04/22/08
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) meets at his Capitol Hill office with (l-r) Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson and Northwest Airlines CEO Doug Steenland to discuss the companies’ proposed merger. Dorgan has expressed concern about the merger. He told the two executives he is concerned about both service and pricing in rural states where there is already little or no effective competition.
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03/25/08
(DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) presents a set of medals to World War II veteran Robert L. Olson (second from left) in a ceremony in Devils Lake. Olson earned the medals for his service in the U.S. Army between 1942 and 1946, but had never received them. Also taking part in the ceremony, which was held less than one month before Olson's 90th birthday, were Brig. Gen. Michael J. Walsh (left), a division commander in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Congressman Earl Pomeroy (right).
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02/27/08
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) speaks at a rally to celebrate the Senate passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, a bill he authored to help address the “bona fide crisis” in health care in American Indian communities. Dorgan and several dozen supporters rallied in support of the legislation and pledged to keep pushing until the bill reaches the President’s desk.
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01/24/08
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- Senator Byron Dorgan, former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer, Senator Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy prepare shortly before a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Schafer's nomination to the post of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The North Dakota congressional delegation escorted Schafer to the hearing, introduced him to the committee, and expressed their support for his nomination.
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01/10/08
(DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) presents a symbolic check representing $3.9 million that he secured for the Southwest Area Pipeline in western North Dakota. Dorgan, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, included the funding in an appropriations bill that passed last year to help speed the delivery of a safe, reliable supply of water to the area.
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01/10/08
(NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) speaks with constituents at a listening session on health care issues in New Town, North Dakota. Dorgan, Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, also toured the local Indian Health Service clinic and met with the tribal council during his visit to the Fort Berthold Reservation. He is pushing the Senate to approve legislation he authored, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, that would renew and improve a broad range of Indian health programs by directing resources to combat the chronic shortage of health care services in American Indian communities.
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01/10/08
(MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) visits with spouses of Minot Air Force personnel who have been deployed overseas. Dorgan spoke with the group about their experience dealing with the deployment of their loved ones and the support they have received from the community.
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01/10/08
(MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) shares a laugh with students during a visit to a Minot State University classroom. Dorgan stopped at MSU to discuss the future of North Dakota and other current events with the students. Dorgan, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has worked to secure funding to enhance the curriculum and provide more research opportunities at MSU and other North Dakota colleges and universities.
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01/09/08
(BELCOURT, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-ND) greets a constituent after a listening session he held here on health care issues in American Indian communities. In the background, a group from the Turtle Mountain Reservation sing an honor song. Dorgan is pushing the Senate to approve legislation he authored, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, that would renew and improve a broad range of Indian health programs by directing resources to combat the chronic shortage of health care services in American Indian communities.
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01/08/08
(VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) visits with (l-r) Jill Hough, Director of the NDSU Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, and Pat Hanson, Program Director at South Central Adult Services, as they ride a bus that serves the general public in the Valley City area. Dorgan, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has worked to secure funding to strengthen public transit in rural communities.
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12/12/07
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) makes a point at a press conference Wednesday where he released the results of a new investigation that found many Christmas tree ornaments sold in stores across the country were produced under illegal sweatshop conditions in China. The investigation, which was conducted in China by the National Labor Committee, found that some of the workers are as young as 12 years old, are paid 26 cents an hour, and work more than 100 hours per week. Dorgan called on Congress to pass legislation he authored to ban products produced in sweatshops from being sold in U.S. stores.
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09/19/07
((WASHINGTON, D.C.) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) calls for a permanent disaster aid program for family farmers and ranchers at a Capitol Hill press conference with (l-r) Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) and members of National Farmers Union. Earlier this year, Senator Dorgan introduced a bill to re-establish a permanent disaster aid program that will help family farmers and ranchers through difficult times. Though a disaster aid program was for years a staple of the U.S. farm program, the last two Farm Bills did not include reliable disaster assistance – forcing producers to rely on ad hoc legislation when disaster strikes.
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07/21/07
(MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), with the help of John Patrick Melancon of Hydrogenics, demonstrates how to refuel a hydrogen-powered pickup at the dedication of a wind-to-hydrogen demonstration project in Minot. Dorgan, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured $1.5 million in federal funding to help start the project, which is a joint effort between Basin Electric Power Cooperative and a number of other energy groups.
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07/21/07
(MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) looks under the hood of a hydrogen-powered pickup along with (l-r) Cliff Gjellstad of District 3 Central Power and Bruce Carlson, General Manager of Verendrye Electric, at the dedication of a wind-to-hydrogen demonstration project in Minot. The project, for which Dorgan secured $1.5 million in federal funding, uses electricity generated from wind turbines to produce hydrogen fuel.
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07/21/07
(MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA) --- U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) leads a meeting on the next steps for the Northwest Area Water Supply (NAWS) project, which will bring a clean, reliable supply of water to Minot and other communities in northwestern North Dakota. Dorgan, chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, secured a record $10 million for the project to help spur completion of the project.
