Both cited sources were fetched and independently verified. The PRIMARY source (Hoeven's Senate press release) is reachable and contains all three quoted fragments verbatim: Hoeven and Klobuchar "reintroduced the Producer and Agricultural Credit Enhancement (PACE) Act," "The senators are working to pass the legislation as part of the next farm bill," and Hoeven's statement "we will continue our efforts to pass it as part of the next farm bill." This establishes real leadership on the named vehicle (authoring/reintroducing the bill) AND that the bill remains pending, not enacted. The REPUTABLE_SECONDARY source (DTN/Progressive Farmer) is reachable and contains the quoted text verbatim ("the credit title, which was not addressed in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump in July"), corroborating that the farm-credit changes were not enacted via the July 2025 reconciliation law. The DTN article does not name Hoeven or the PACE Act, but it is cited only for the factual point that the credit title was excluded from OBBBA, which is a legitimate corroborating use. ATTEMPTED is accurate and conservative: Hoeven genuinely led and drove the effort (not IGNORED), but the promised outcome — updated USDA farm credit programs / higher loan limits actually giving producers capital — has not been achieved because the bill is still pending. It does not overstate the evidence, and CHAMPIONED would overstate a result that never materialized. Rating upheld.