Hoeven will meet with crop insurance agents and speak during the Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) fall meeting, focusing his remarks on the Farm Bill.

Hoeven will participate in a Congressional Listening Panel AARP North Dakota is hosting on Medicare and Social Security.

Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) will tour Rock Industries Corporation, Standing Rock Community School, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Youth Services Center in Ft. Yates, North Dakota on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.

Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) will tour Rock Industries Corporation, Standing Rock Community School, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Youth Services Center in Ft. Yates, North Dakota on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.

Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) will tour Rock Industries Corporation, Standing Rock Community School, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Youth Services Center in Ft. Yates, North Dakota on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.

Hoeven and Wyden will hold a media availability in Bismarck to provide an overview and answer questions regarding their two-day tour of the Bakken Region.

The senators will visit Blue Flint Ethanol biorefinery, developed by Great River Energy and Headwaters Inc., which now produces 65 MGY of ethanol. Located adjacent to Great River Energy’s Coal Creek Station power plant, the facility is the first co-located, directly integrated biorefinery in the world. Its combined heat and power design and location help […]

The senators will visit Reclaimed Hill to review a highly successful reclamation process.

Hoeven and Wyden will view a presentation by geologist Kathy Neset of Neset Consulting Services followed by a tour a Whiting oil rig to review operations. Media are invited to both the briefing and the tour.

Following the oil rig tour, the senators will tour ONEOK Gas plant. MEDIA NOTE: ONEOK’s safety policy requires guests to leave cameras and any other electronic media, including cell phones, inside the control building before embarking.

Friday evening, the senators will hold a roundtable discussion with industry and tribal leaders.