Doug Burgum in 2022 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Crime:
North Dakota has been backing the blue, not defunding
Living in the land of the free and the home of the brave is something for which I know that we're all grateful. In North Dakota, we value and respect police officers who enforce the law, and we value and respect military service members who defend our
most cherished freedoms. As some states, and some of the iconic major cities of our nation, in the last 2 years have somehow chosen to tolerate lawlessness, they've chosen to defund their police, North Dakota and our cities, we've been backing the blue.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Feb 16, 2022
On Energy & Oil:
Soybean oil can be refined into renewable green diesel fuel
Soybean oil taken from that plant at Spiritwood will be shipped to the Marathon Refinery in Dickinson to be refined into renewable green diesel. It'll be sold into such states as California at a huge premium, maybe as high as $1 a gallon, to meet
their fuel standards. We take it, we process it, we turn it into soybean oil. We take it and we process it again, turn it into green diesel in Dickinson. We're adding value to that same soybean three times, not once. We are already well on our way
towards meeting our carbon neutral goal for 2030. The approved projects from that first grant round will sequester 18 million tons of CO2. We have an enormous opportunity not just to store our own carbon, but to store our neighbors' carbon.
We can store the entire nation's CO2 for the next 50 years. We've got groups working on building CO2 pipelines to bring that CO2 here for us to store it 7,000 feet underground safely.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Feb 16, 2022
On Government Reform:
Make it easier, not harder, to come work in North Dakota
Over the next year, our administration will continue to work with businesses, associations, and licensing boards to cut red tape. We can and must be dedicated to creating the most open and transferable occupational licensing system in the nation.
We have to make it easier. Easiest would be great. We have to make it easier, not harder, to come work in North Dakota than other states. Flexibility will not completely solve our workforce challenges, but it'll make a big dent.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Feb 16, 2022
On Homeland Security:
Make North Dakota the most military-friendly state
We've worked with lawmakers to exempt military retirement pay from state income tax, because those who serve their country have already paid society's tab. We also extended the exemption to surviving spouses. It helps promote workforce participation.
It will help those that have served in the military in North Dakota to choose to perhaps retire here. And it puts us on a path of our goal to make North Dakota the most military-friendly state in the nation.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Feb 16, 2022
On Immigration:
States are addressing border crisis ignored by Feds
And we pray for the safety of our North Dakota National Guard soldiers that are stationed both at home and abroad. And when I say at home, I mean including in Texas, securing our southwest
border. The states have stepped up to address this incredible border crisis that the current administration apparently refuses to even fix or even acknowledge.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Feb 16, 2022
On Social Security:
Permanently eliminated state income tax on Social Security
We approved an estimated $211 million in income tax credits, allowing approximately half of North Dakotans get to keep their hard earned money. The people that were working during the pandemic were the people that have income tax to pay,
they get to keep their money in their pocket. We also have permanently eliminated the state income tax on Social Security income, saving our seniors nearly $15 million over the next two years.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Feb 16, 2022
On Technology:
Adopt computer and cyber science graduation standards
Cyberattacks, ransom attacks, all too common these days. It makes cybersecurity education more important than ever. We can and should be the first state in the nation to adopt computer and cyber science graduation standards for everybody in K-12 through
college, through graduate school. Our PK20W initiative, which reflects every student from kindergarten through Ph.D., has already won awards for its statewide approach to computer science and cyber education in workforce training.
Source: 2022 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Feb 16, 2022
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