Senator Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, will convene a roundtable with North Dakota farm leaders to discuss implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill. When: 1:00 p.m. CT Where: NDSU Greenhouse Complex 1440 18th Street N […]
Senator Hoeven will mark the return of UND’s Army Flight Training program, which the university originally operated for 30 years, until its funding ceased in 2010. Hoeven secured $4 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 for the Army to again use flight schools like UND to train ROTC helicopter pilots, which comes as part of […]
Senator Hoeven will join federal, state and local leaders at the signing ceremony for the new PPA for comprehensive flood protection in the Red River Valley. Hoeven worked consistently in recent months to advance the agreement with administration officials and secure additional federal funding to support the implementation of Plan B. Earlier this month, Hoeven […]
Senator Hoeven will host a roundtable with North Dakota agriculture groups to discuss his recent work to advance trade negotiations. The senator has been pressing the administration to advance trade with Canada and Mexico through the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) as well as trade negotiations with China and Japan.  When:            10:00 a.m. CT            Where:            BSC Energy […]
Senator Hoeven will host a roundtable with Minot area officials to outline his efforts to secure permanent flood protection for the region. The focus will be on securing a chief’s report to advance the fourth phase, which ties together the first three phases, as well as developing phase 5 and resolving rail issues in that […]
Senator Hoeven will host U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, as well as a wide range of federal, state and local officials, in Minot to help identify funding sources to build the future phases of the region’s flood protection project. Hoeven is working to ensure that once the first four phases of the […]
Senator Hoeven will hold a roundtable with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite and state and local officials to review flooding in rural Cass County and downtown Fargo and outline next steps in advancing comprehensive flood protection for the Red River Valley. Hoeven has been working to secure increased federal funding to help […]
Senator Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, will hold a roundtable with leaders from the North Dakota National Guard and the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Air Force and Army ROTC, where he will outline his efforts to secure a new operations facility for the 119th Wing's MQ-9 mission and to improve […]
Senator Hoeven will host FAA officials including Tim Arel, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization, at UND to underscore the need to reform the air traffic controller (ATC) hiring process. Hoeven recently introduced his bipartisan ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019, which would enable the agency to prioritize the hiring of […]
Senator Hoeven will hold a roundtable at UND with FAA, state and university aviation officials – including Jay Merkle, head of the FAA’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) Integration Office and Nick Flom, Executive Director of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site – to outline the Northern Plains UAS Test Site’s role in helping integrate small […]
Senator Hoeven will bring FAA officials to Grand Sky for a roundtable with representatives from Grand Sky, Northrop Grumman, the Harris Corporation and General Atomics, among others. The roundtable will focus on the UAS research and development work at Grand Sky and its growing importance as a UAS development hub. Hoeven will also join Grand […]
Senator Hoeven will host a meeting with representatives from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and North Dakota energy leaders on USGS’ updated estimate for oil and gas resources in the Williston Basin. The senator will host Walter Guidroz, the Energy Resource Program Lead for USGS, with Lynn Helms, Director of the North Dakota Department of […]
