News Releases
Hoeven: Senate Passes Short-Term Highway Bill to Ensure Funding While the House Finishes Long-Term Bill
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate has passed a short-term bill to ensure highway funding while the House of Representatives works to finalize its own long-term bill. The short-term patch extends highway funding through Nov. 20. The Senate passed a six-year highway bill in July, and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bipartisan six-year highway authorization measure, clearing the way for a House vote in the coming weeks. "A long-t… Continue Reading
10.27.15
Hoeven Statement on the Provision in the New Budget Agreement to Reduce Crop Insurance
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today issued the following statement in response to a provision in the new budget agreement that would reduce crop insurance by $3 billion. The measure would also suspend the debt ceiling until March 2017 and lift the Budget Control Act (BCA) caps on spending for two years: "As a member of the agriculture committee and conferee on the bicameral panel that worked hard to negotiate the final version of the farm bill, … Continue Reading
10.26.15
Hoeven Announces Nearly $400,000 in Federal Funding to Support Maternal and Child Health Services at the NDDOH
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $339,866 to the North Dakota Department of Health. The funds will be used to support Maternal and Child Health Services. As part of the Division of Family Health, the funding will help to provide technical assistance, training, needs assessment, educational materials and other resources to local public health units, schools a… Continue Reading
10.26.15
Hoeven: House on Track to Pass Six-Year Highway Bill in Coming Weeks, Senate Passed Measure in July
BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today outlined the Senate's new six-year highway bill at the North Dakota Association of Counties' ( NDACo) Annual Conference & Expo and told members that the House is close to passing a similar version in the next few weeks. The federal transportation measure will provide North Dakota with more than $1.6 billion. Hoeven said the formula is favorable to North Dakota and increases highway funding for the state to $270 million, about $30 million a year more… Continue Reading
10.23.15
Hoeven, Bipartisan Group of Senators to Introduce Resolutions Repealing EPA's Final Rules for New and Existing Power Plants
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Energy Committees, today announced that he and a bipartisan group of senators will introduce two resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) costly new power plant rules. One of the resolutions will seek to roll back the agency's rule for existing plants and the second will challenge the rule governing new coal generating power plants. The ru… Continue Reading
10.23.15
Hoeven Welcomes HHS Decision to Provide More Than $22 Million in Energy Assistance to North Dakotans Facing Cold Weather
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute $22 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding to help low-income North Dakotans heat their homes this winter. The funding also includes more than $5 million for North Dakota tribes. "As winter approaches, it's important for us to ensure that North Dakotans have the resources they need to … Continue Reading
10.23.15
Hoeven Encourages Americans to Honor Service Members on Day of the Deployed
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today encouraged Americans to pay tribute to the nation's deployed service members on Monday, October 26, the Day of the Deployed. This week, Hoeven introduced a bipartisan resolution naming October 26 as the Day of the Deployed and calling on all Americans to honor the service of deployed members of our Armed Forces and their families. The resolution passed unanimously in the Senate. "Our deployed service members are defending our nation and protecting our free… Continue Reading
10.23.15
Hoeven Announces $10 Million Guaranteed Loan for Goldenwest Electric Cooperative
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a guaranteed loan of $10 million for Goldenwest Electric Cooperative. Goldenwest will use its loan to build or improve 62 miles of line and make various improvements. The loan amount includes $270,000 for smart grid projects. "It's important for us to invest in infrastructure that allows North Dakotans to power their home… Continue Reading
10.22.15
Hoeven Announces $57 Million in Loans for Rural Electric Infrastructure
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a loan of $30 million to the North Central Electric Cooperative and a $27 million loan to Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative. "It's important for us to invest in infrastructure that will meet the needs of our growing state," Hoeven said. "Today's loans for the North Central Electric Cooperative and the Burke-Divide E… Continue Reading
10.22.15
Hoeven Statement on President's Veto of Bipartisan National Defense Legislation
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after the President vetoed the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that supports the nation's military, includes important North Dakota priorities, and authorizes full funding for the military. The President vetoed the bill because he wants additional spending for non-military programs. The House of Representatives will vote first to override the veto. The Senate passed NDAA by a vote of 70 to 2… Continue Reading
10.21.15
Hoeven Presses USGS Nominee for Update of Oil Reserves in Williston Basin
WASHINGTON - At a Senate Energy Committee hearing this week, Senator John Hoeven asked Dr. Suzette M. Kimball Ph.D, the nominee to be director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to update the USGS study of recoverable reserves in the Williston Basin. Kimball said that if confirmed she will work with Hoeven to ensure an update. "USGS released its last estimate for the Bakken and Three Forks in 2013," said Hoeven. "That assessment more than doubled the previous estimate and has been tremendous… Continue Reading
10.20.15
Hoeven Statement on ITC Ruling that American Sugar Producers Were Harmed By Mexico
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled 6-0 that Mexico's sugar industry harmed American producers by dumping subsidized sugar onto the U.S. market. The ruling will keep in place an accord signed by the U.S. and Mexican governments to establish a needs-based trading structure for at least five years. "Today's ruling confirms that Mexico has harmed our sugar p… Continue Reading
10.20.15
Hoeven Statement on Legislation to Address Sanctuary Cities, Enforce the Law
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven released the following statement today after voting for the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, legislation to help enforce the rule of law and hold sanctuary cities accountable. The legislation limits the availability of certain federal grants to cities and states with policies in place that forbid local law enforcement from sharing information with federal immigration officials or complying with immigration detainers. Additionally, the bill incre… Continue Reading
10.15.15
Hoeven at Topping Off Ceremony for Robin Hall: New UND Building Strengthens Grand Forks as UAS Research Leader
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - At a "topping off" ceremony to set the highest beam for Robin Hall, Senator John Hoeven today emphasized the importance of the University of North Dakota's new Aerospace and UAS Research, Training and Education Building. The senator said the new facility represents a commitment to the future and will strengthen North Dakota's position as a national hub for research, development, testing, operation and commercialization in unmanned aerial technologies. The building is schedule… Continue Reading
10.15.15
Hoeven, Northrop Grumman Break Ground at New Grand Sky Tech Park
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today joined executives from Northrop Grumman and state and local officials to break ground on the global aerospace and defense technology giant's new office building at Grand Sky, Grand Forks County's new technology park. In 2012, Hoeven first brought Northrop Grumman leaders to North Dakota to showcase opportunities in the Grand Forks region as part of his work to build the area into a premier hub for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) development. "Grand Sk… Continue Reading
10.14.15
Hoeven Announces $400K in Federal Funding to Support Rural Development in North Dakota
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development has awarded two grants of $200,000 each to the Common Enterprise Development Cooperation (CEDC) and the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. The funds will be used to help small businesses and rural cooperatives grow, create jobs and enhance their capacity to serve residents and communitie… Continue Reading
10.13.15
Hoeven Working to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban, Build a True States First All-of-the-Above National Energy Plan
BISMARCK, N.D. - On a panel of energy leaders at the ninth annual Great Plains & EmPower ND Energy Conference, Senator John Hoeven today highlighted the importance of lifting the federal ban on crude oil exports to bolster the nation's economy and maintain our energy security. The senator also outlined his efforts to build a true states-first, all-of-the-above national energy policy like the one he led with EmPower North Dakota, the state's first comprehensive energy plan, which he launched… Continue Reading
10.09.15
Hoeven Touts Edgewood Corp Plaza as Example of Today's Entrepreneurism Meeting Proud Past in ND
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven and a group of Grand Forks business leaders today celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Edgewood Corporate Plaza building, which will be fully occupied for the first time since the flood of 1997. The architecturally prominent building was acquired and renovated by the Edgewood Real Estate Investment Trust and the Edgewood Management Group in 2012, when it was only about 40 percent occupied. "When you look around downtown Grand Forks, you see something t… Continue Reading
10.09.15
Hoeven Statement on the House Vote to Lift the Crude Oil Export Ban
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives' successful vote to lift the long-standing crude oil export ban: "The House today voted to lift the decades-old ban on exporting crude oil from the United States. In the Senate, I have been working with leadership to get a vote to eliminate the ban by year end. Lifting the law prohibiting U.S. producers from selling their product on the world market will help produce more energ… Continue Reading
10.09.15
Hoeven Statement on Court Blocking Waters of the U.S. Rule Nationwide
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court blocking implementation of the Waters of the U.S. rule nationwide while the courts determine its legality. In August, U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Erickson issued an injunction blocking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing the WOTUS rule in North Dakota and 12 additional states that had challenged the rule. Today's ruling blocks implementation nationwide: "To… Continue Reading
