Minot, N.D. (AP) The Democratic candidate for North Dakota's lone U.S. House seat says the federal government isn't doing enough to tackle increasing crimes in the state like drug and human trafficking.
George Sinner, a state legislator, is challenging Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer. Sinner says the state's two U.S. senators have taken lead roles in fighting crime in the oil patch, and he believes he would be a better ally for them than Cramer.
Sinner says the feds need permanent drug enforcement agency and FBI offices in western North Dakota.
Cramer says that the house has passed 13 bills to address crime issues and the senate has passed one. He agrees that North Dakota needs more federal law enforcement officers, including an FBI office in the Bakken region.