News Releases
Hoeven: USDA Awards $577,700 in Federal Funding to North Dakota, Approves Loan of $564,000 for Sargent County
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program has awarded a total of $577,700 to Kidder, Sargent and Stutsman Counties. It has also approved a loan of $564,000 for Sargent County. The funds are awarded as follows: Kidder County Ambulance Service, Inc. - $44,749 - This Community Facility Grant will be used to purchase a new ambulance Kidder County Ambulance S… Continue Reading
08.11.15
Hoeven: Department of Justice to Award North Dakota Nearly $70,000
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance will award a total of $69,116 to Cass County and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians through its Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. JAG allows states and units of local government, including tribes, to support a wide range of activities to control and prevent crime based on state and local … Continue Reading
08.10.15
Hoeven: New Senate Education Bill Restores Local Control, Includes Hoeven-Klobuchar Provision to Support STEM Ed
BISMARCK, N.D. - Speaking at the 45th Annual Career and Technical Education Professional Development Conference today, Senator John Hoeven stressed the bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act, which returns educational control to parents and local school districts. The measure also includes a provision offered by Hoeven and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to bolster Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. "The Every Child Achieves Act replaces No Child Left Behind and pro… Continue Reading
08.10.15
Hoeven: HHS Awards More than $280,000 to University of North Dakota to Support Alzheimer's Research
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $283,925 to the University of North Dakota (UND) to support aging research. Hoeven announced similar funding for UND in April. Specifically, the funds will be used to test how diets high in palmitate, a chemical common in palm oil and other foods, increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. "People North Dakota, millions of people are affected by Alzheimer's disease," Hoe… Continue Reading
08.10.15
Hoeven: Department of Education Awards $220,000 to Sitting Bull College
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $220,000 to Sitting Bull College. The funding, part of the Department of Education's TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program, seeks to provide academic and general support services to low-income, first-generation or disabled college students in order to increase graduation rates, create a climate that will facilitate these students' succe… Continue Reading
08.07.15
Hoeven: NDSU Awarded $72,500 for Medical Research
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded North Dakota State University (NDSU) $72,500 in federal funding. The funds will go towards the developing a "smart" drug delivery system, which will enhance a drug's efficacy and concentration while reducing side effects. "Efficient drug delivery systems are of critical importance for healthcare," Hoeven said. … Continue Reading
08.05.15
Hoeven: DOT Awards More than $9 Million to North Dakota Airports
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a total of $9,090,744 to Dickinson Municipal Airport Authority, Garrison Municipal Airport Authority and Tioga Municipal Airport Authority. "It's important for us to invest in North Dakota's airports so that they can continue to support our state's growing economy and population," Hoeven said. "This funding will go towards repairing and building infrastructure at key western airports, w… Continue Reading
08.05.15
Hoeven, Heitkamp, Cramer Working to Support Sloulin Field International Airport in Williston
WASHINGTON - Senators John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp and Congressman Kevin Cramer this week wrote a letter to Michael Huerta, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), urging him to approve the relocation of Sloulin Field International Airport in Williston. In April of 2014, the delegation invited Huerta to visit North Dakota to see firsthand the need for airport expansion and improvements in the state. "North Dakota's airports are vitally important to both our state and our n… Continue Reading
08.05.15
Hoeven: UND Awarded Nearly $170,000 for Cyberinfrastructure Enhancements
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $168,182 to the University of North Dakota (UND) to support research infrastructure for utilizing large amounts of data, which is typically cost-prohibitive for smaller research groups. "Researchers need reliable access to large and growing amounts of data to make progress, but sometimes smaller research groups don't have the funds they need t… Continue Reading
08.04.15
Hoeven Announces More Than $60,000 Grant for Parshall Airport
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $63,031 grant to the Parshall Municipal Airport Authority. The grant will be used to build a 4,800 square foot hangar. "North Dakota's airports significantly contribute to our state's economic success," Hoeven said. "Today's DOT grant will build a hangar at the airport in Parshall, which will help the airport generate revenue." As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sena… Continue Reading
08.04.15
Senate Energy Committee Approves Hoeven's BLM Mineral Spacing Legislation to Prevent Permitting Delays, Reduce Duplicate Regulations for Oil and Gas Wells
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate Energy Committee has approved, with bipartisan support, his Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spacing Act, which helps prevent the BLM from delaying permits for oil and gas wells where the agency has only a minority share in the subsurface mineral rights and no surface rights. This measure reduces duplicate regulatory processes and puts the state and local governments first in permitting the projects, treating BLM the same as al… Continue Reading
08.03.15
Hoeven: Senate Energy Committee Approves Measures to Ease Restrictions on Crude Oil, LNG Exports
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Senate Energy Committee has approved two measures he cosponsored to enhance domestic energy production and the nation's energy exports, the Offshore Production and National Security (OPENS) Act and the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act. "We have passed two important provisions through the Senate Energy Committee," Hoeven said. "The first ends the crude oil export ban, which will support the contin… Continue Reading
08.03.15
Hoeven Statement on the EPA's New More Costly Carbon Emissions Rule
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's new, more costly carbon emissions rule: "The Obama administration today issued its final rule on proposed CO2 reduction rules and a timeline to implement them by 2030. Under the previously issued proposed rule, North Dakota would have had to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 12 percent. However, it now appears that the administration's final rule will require North D… Continue Reading
08.03.15
Hoeven Outlines Six-Year Highway Bill for Bis-Man Chamber; Bill Enables Nearly 160 New Projects to Advance Across State
BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today outlined the Senate's new six-year highway bill for members of the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce. The 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 than it currently receives. The Senate also passed a 90-day, short-term House measure that extends highway funding until October 29 while the… Continue Reading
07.31.15
Hoeven: DOT Awards Nearly $2 Million to Enhance Safety at North Dakota Airports
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $8,000,000 to the City of Williston and the Mercer County, Stanley, Dickinson, Garrison and Tioga Municipal Airport Authorities to enhance airport safety. "North Dakota's airports play a key role in our continued growth and economic development," Hoeven said. "This funding will go towards repairing airport taxiways and expanding a… Continue Reading
07.31.15
Hoeven Driver Privacy Act Passes as Part of Senate Highway Bill
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today announced that his Driver Privacy Act has passed as part of the Senate's six-year highway bill. The legislation establishes in law that the owner of a vehicle is also the owner of any information collected by an Event Data Recorder (EDR). Hoeven was joined on the legislation by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). An EDR is an onboard electronic device that has the ability to continuously collect at least 43 pieces of information about a vehicle's operation. T… Continue Reading
07.30.15
Hoeven: Senate Passes Six-Year Highway Bill, Measure Includes More than $1.6 Billion for North Dakota Roads
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven announced that the new six-year highway bill the Senate passed today will provide North Dakota with more than $1.6 billion and enable 159 North Dakota transportation projects to advance. The formula is favorable to North Dakota and increases highway funding for the state to $270 million, about $30 million a year more than it currently receives. The Senate also passed a 90-day, short-term House measure that extends highway funding until October 29 while the two c… Continue Reading
07.30.15
Hoeven: Congress Approves $3.3 Billion to Fill VA Shortfall, Reforms Choice Act to Improve Vets' Access to Local Care
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today said Congress has approved a $3.3 billion fix to fill a shortfall in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) budget. The same measure reforms parts of last year's Choice Act and improves access to health care services for veterans, but Congress still needs to pass the Access to Community Care for Veterans Act. The veterans' measures were included in the highway bill extension that passed Thursday to give Congress time to finalize a long-term transportation… Continue Reading
07.29.15
Hoeven Announces $100,000 EDA Investment in NDSU Economic Development Program
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has invested $100,000 into the University Center Economic Development Program at the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Research and Technology Park. The investment funds the third year of the five-year program. "NDSU's Research and Technology Park is an economic engine and ongoing source of innovation," Hoeven said. "The program he… Continue Reading
07.29.15
Hoeven: USDA Awards More than $530,000 to North Dakota
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program has approved $536,598 in funding for the Prairie West Development Foundation, the City of Anamoose, Towner County Economic Development Corporation, Dakota College at Bottineau, the City of New England, Adams County Development Corporation, Women and Technology, Rural Economic Area Partnership Investment Fund, Inc. and… Continue Reading
