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 […]

Senator John Hoeven will speak on a panel at the Lignite Energy Council’s annual meeting. The senator, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources and Energy and Water Appropriations Committees, will address the group and outline his legislative efforts to bolster the lignite industry and support North Dakota’s leadership in developing clean coal […]

Senator Hoeven will meet with Agriculture Secretary Perdue as well as local agriculture producers and stakeholders to gather input on farm bill implementation, trade negotiations and other priorities. This comes as part of Hoeven’s continued efforts to assist farmers and ranchers impacted by retaliatory tariffs, low commodity prices and natural disasters. Following the event, Hoeven […]

Senator Hoeven and Agriculture Secretary Perdue will mark the unveiling of Grand Farm, a project led by Emerging Prairie to develop and demonstrate the next generation of precision agriculture. The event will showcase the region’s growing technology sector, which serves as the third wave in the state’s economic growth, and its potential to benefit farmers […]