WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement regarding the ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC) Circuit on the Dakota Access Pipeline today:

“The Court of Appeals is right to reaffirm that the original ruling ordering the Dakota Access Pipeline to shut down was wrong. The Dakota Access Pipeline was created in full compliance with the direction provided by the Obama Administration, and it’s helped usher in an era of American energy dominance that is unfortunately now under attack. The Army Corps of Engineers should be allowed to proceed as they are without political interference from the Biden Administration. This is not another opportunity to wage war on North Dakota’s energy producers.”