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Hoeven Outlines Legislative Accomplishments Supporting ND Rural Electric Cooperatives
BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven outlined key legislative accomplishments in support of the state's electric cooperatives today at the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC) Annual Meeting. The senator worked to pass water heater legislation, to prevent costly Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, and to support infrastructure loans and other Rural Utilities Service (RUS) programs. In recognition of the senator's leadership, NDAREC leaders honored Hoeve… Continue Reading
01.07.16
Hoeven Announces More Than $320,000 For Diabetes Prevention Program for North Dakota Native Americans
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today announced that Indian Health Services (IHS) has awarded $323,285 to the Trenton Indian Services Area office in Trenton, N.D. which serves Native Americans in northwest North Dakota. The funds will be used to support a demonstration program to help prevent diabetes in tribal members. "It is vitally important to ensure that North Dakotans and our Native… Continue Reading
01.07.16
Hoeven Statement on The Administration's Final Dietary Recommendations
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released their final Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). Hoeven and a group of Senate colleagues pressed the USDA and HHS to base their recommendations on nutritional science and not on extraneous considerations like an environmental agenda. The group also pressed for recognition of the role of lean red meat in a heal… Continue Reading
01.06.16
Hoeven Statement in Response to TransCanada's Announcement That It Will Sue the U.S. Over Denial of Keystone XL Pipeline
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to TransCanada Corporation's announcement that it intends to take legal action against the president's decision to deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project. "Unfortunately, the president's arbitrary decision to turn down the Keystone XL pipeline means we do not have this important energy infrastructure project under construction, or the jobs and other benefits that go with it, but also the American taxpa… Continue Reading
01.05.16
Hoeven Reviews Efforts to Improve Veteran Access to Local Health Care, Long-Term Care
FARGO, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today led a roundtable with local veterans, officials from the Fargo Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital System, area health care providers and county-level veteran service officers to outline his efforts to improve veterans' access to health care. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Hoeven worked with his colleagues in Congress last month to secure funding to improve services at the VA and advance legisla… Continue Reading
01.04.16
Hoeven Working to Support Greater Opportunities, Quality of Life for Persons With Disabilities
BOTTINEAU, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today toured Annie's House, an adaptive winter sports facility for persons with cognitive and physical disabilities at Bottineau Winter Park. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Hoeven works to support programs to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities, ensuring they have access to vital services and empowering them to exercise greater self-determination. To this end, the senator helped secure increased funding in Fi… Continue Reading
01.04.16
Hoeven Announces More Than $400,000 In Housing Grants to Support North Dakota Native American Veterans
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a total of $408,120 in Tribal HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) grants to the Standing Rock and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians tribes. Standing Rock received $234,178 and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians received $173,942. "We need to ensure that North Dakota's veterans and our Native American veterans continue to have access to safe… Continue Reading
01.04.16
Hoeven Leads Veterans Roundtable in Bottineau, Highlights Progress on Improving Veterans Access to Local Health Care
BOTTINEAU, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today led a roundtable in Bottineau to update area veterans on his efforts to improve veterans' access to health care and extended care in their local communities. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (VA), Hoeven worked with his colleagues in Congress last month to secure funding to improve services at the VA and advance legislation to improve veterans' access to non-VA health care and extended car… Continue Reading
12.30.15
Hoeven Reviews December Legislative Accomplishments, North Dakota Priorities
BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today held a roundtable in Bismarck with local officials and business leaders to outline key legislative accomplishments that he worked to advance throughout the year and that Congress included in legislation passed this month. Hoeven worked with his congressional colleagues to address North Dakota's priorities and meet the needs of the state's families, schools, businesses and farmers across a wide variety of areas, including energy, tax, education, transpor… Continue Reading
12.29.15
Hoeven: Senate Passes Measure to Update FAA Medical Certification, Protect Pilots' Due Process Rights
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate has passed the Pilot's Bill of Rights II, a measure he cosponsored that updates the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) medical certification for most general aviation pilots, providing a safe and transparent process to help ensure more healthy, qualified and trained pilots can fly. The bill expands the 3rd class medical exemption for recreational pilots flying light sport aircraft and broadens the protections provided in the o… Continue Reading
12.23.15
Hoeven Holds Meeting with Minot Leaders to Plan Next Steps for Comprehensive Flood Protection
MINOT, N.D. -Senator John Hoeven today hosted a meeting with state and local officials to plan the steps going forward for building comprehensive flood protection for Minot and the region. The senator outlined key provisions in the year-end funding legislation Congress passed last week that will support their efforts. In addition, he outlined provisions in the measure to support Minot Air Force Base and provide tax relief for farmers, ranchers and small businesses. "In the year-end funding legi… Continue Reading
12.22.15
Hoeven Leads Meeting to Plan Next Steps to Advance Permanent Flood Protection for the Red River Valley
FARGO, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today led a roundtable in Fargo with local leaders to plan the path forward for Fargo-Moorhead's permanent flood protection project. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Hoeven wrote and secured language in the year-end funding bill authorizing and funding new construction activity that will help to advance flood protection in the Red River Valley. The legislation includes nearly $690 million more than the Army Corps of Engineer's proposed budget … Continue Reading
12.21.15
Hoeven Announces $1.5 Million DHS Grant to Fund Flood Protection for Fargo Waste Water Treatment Plant
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $1.5 million to the City of Fargo from its Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). As Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security, Hoeven oversees the department's annual budget and has worked to secure funding to protect the region from flooding. Today's grant will support flood protection for the City of Fargo's waste … Continue Reading
12.18.15
Hoeven: Year-End Funding Bill Lifts Crude Oil Export Ban, Advances Other N.D. Priorities
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the year-end omnibus appropriations bill that Congress passed today includes a provision to lift the decades-long ban on U.S. crude oil exports, as well as other key priorities for North Dakota. In addition, the measure reduces spending from $1.5 trillion in 2009, when it peaked, to $1.15 trillion in 2016, a reduction of $350 billion. Specifically, the measure: Lifts the decades-long ban o… Continue Reading
12.18.15
Hoeven Announces $50K NSF Grant for Aerospace Technology Development at UND
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $50,000 to researchers at the University of North Dakota (UND) to support the development of aerospace technology. UND's researchers will prepare an orientation determination and control system for spacecraft, aircraft and other vehicles for commercial development and use, which will allow the crafts to take intelligent, corrective action … Continue Reading
12.18.15
Hoeven Thanks North Dakota Interns for Their Service in His Washington, Bismarck & Fargo Offices
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today thanked the young people who interned in his offices during the fall semester. Mary Silverthorn of Beulah, Sarah Strube of Dickinson, Samuel Swanson of Bismarck and Emily Kovacs of St. Paul interned in Hoeven's Washington, D.C. office. Quinn Harmon of Minot interned in Hoeven's Bismarck office and Aaron Weber of Wishek was based in Hoeven's Fargo office. The interns have worked with the senator and his staff on legislative, communications and administrative… Continue Reading
12.17.15
Hoeven: Time to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven continues working to build support for legislation lifting the ban on crude oil exports. The senator spoke on the Senate floor and called for Congress to pass legislation repealing the decades-long ban on U.S. crude oil exports. "I rise today to make the case for lifting the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil based on its merits. It will benefit not only my home state of North Dakota, but our nation and our allies in a host of different ways," said Hoeven. "… Continue Reading
12.16.15
Hoeven Worked to Include Provision to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban in Year-End Funding Bill Set to Pass this Week
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the new year-end 2016 funding bill that is on track to pass Congress this week includes a provision he worked to include that repeals the decades-long ban on U.S. crude oil exports. Hoeven has repeatedly called for repealing the ban and worked persistently to get it included in year-end legislation. The senator, who serves on the Energy Committee, is a cosponsor of bipartisan legislation lifting the ban that passed the committee this summer.… Continue Reading
12.16.15
Hoeven: Year-End Legislation Includes Funding for NDNG Targeting Facility
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Military Construction Appropriations Committee, today announced that the year-end funding bill for Fiscal Year 2016 includes $7.3 million in funding for the North Dakota National Guard's Intelligence Targeting Facility at Hector Field in Fargo. The 119th Air Wing's intelligence targeting group is tasked with assisting military commanders in identifying and eliminating enemy threats, but the mission is already outgrowing its facilities. "T… Continue Reading
12.16.15
Hoeven: Year-End Funding Bill Provides Authorization, Funding for New Starts and Construction of Flood Protection Projects
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the year-end funding bill for Fiscal Year 2016 includes authorization and funding for new starts and construction of flood protection projects. The senator said the measure includes nearly $690 million more than the Army Corps of Engineer's proposed budget for construction and authorizes new studies and construction activity that will help to advance flood protection projects in the Fargo-Moorhead and Minot regions. Hoeven worked on the Appr… Continue Reading
