News Releases
Hoeven: BLM Must Be a Good Neighbor To Property Owners, Grazers & Energy Developers in ND
WASHINGTON - At a hearing of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven pressed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning to be a better neighbor to property owners, grazers and energy developers in North Dakota. The senator outlined how overreaching regulations being advanced by the Biden administration harm the property rights of North Dakotans, while ignoring the multiple use requirements established by Congress for federal l… Continue Reading
06.13.24
Hoeven: We Need More Energy, Not Less, to Meet Growing Electricity Demand
WASHINGTON - During remarks delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week, Senator John Hoeven pushed back against the Biden administration’s regulatory onslaught, which is undermining the reliability of the electric grid and leading to higher prices for businesses and consumers. In particular, the senator: Called out costly, unworkable federal rules such as the: Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Rule. Hoeven is leading a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval… Continue Reading
06.12.24
Hoeven Votes to Confirm Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Nominees
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today voted to confirm two nominees, Lindsay See and David Rosner, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Hoeven serves as a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, through which he conducts oversight of FERC and has worked to advance policies that support U.S. energy security. To this end, Hoeven secured commitments from See and Rosner during their confirmation process to: Support the affordability and reliability of the elec… Continue Reading
06.11.24
Hoeven Statement on Release of Farm Bill Framework by Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member Boozman
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.) released a framework for the ongoing farm bill negotiations. As Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Hoeven is working to ensure the farm bill makes needed investments in the tools that producers rely on to provide the food, fuel and fiber that America needs. To this end,… Continue Reading
06.10.24
Hoeven Announces Senate Ag Appropriations Committee Field Hearing to be Held at Grand Farm
WHEATLAND, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today announced that this summer he will hold a field hearing of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee at the Grand Farm Innovation Campus. “We are going to put Grand Farm’s Innovation Shop to work right away with a Congressional field hearing this summer. It’s a fitting location, as this facility helps solidify North Dakota as the lead dog in the precision ag race and represents the heart of what we’re working to accomplish - bringing new innovat… Continue Reading
06.07.24
Hoeven, Hagerty, Colleagues Urge Biden Admin to Stop BIS Rule Limiting Second Amendment Rights
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Republican colleagues in filing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval of the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule (IFR), which goes after U.S. businesses backing the Second Amendment rights of Americans. The BIS rule would strictly regulate firearm and ammunition manufacturers’ capability in acquiring a license to export their products for sale. “Yet again, … Continue Reading
06.06.24
Hoeven Outlines Importance of Crop Insurance, Access to Credit to Help Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
WASHINGTON - At a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined the importance of providing beginning farmers and ranchers with tools to ensure the success of their operations as part of the next farm bill. Specifically, Hoeven made the case for incorporating provisions he authored as part the Farm Bill, including: The Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience (FARMER) Act, legislation to strengthen crop insurance and make higher leve… Continue Reading
06.06.24
Hoeven, Peters Introduce Legislation to Help Prevent Future Infant Formula Shortages
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) this week introduced bipartisan legislation to help prevent future infant formula shortages. The senators’ bill comes in response to the bacterial contaminations at an infant formula manufacturing plant in Michigan that caused the deaths of 9 infants and infant formula recalls that triggered a nationwide shortage in 2022. The legislation would strengthen U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of infant formula m… Continue Reading
06.06.24
Hoeven Statement in Observance of 80th Anniversary of D-Day
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day. “Today, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we honor our U.S. servicemembers and the Allied forces who valiantly and heroically fought on behalf of freedom and liberty around the world,” said Hoeven. “There is no way to repay the debt we owe to all those who served and the many who gave their lives during the invasion of Normandy, and we must never forget their sacrifice.” -###-… Continue Reading
06.06.24
Hoeven Statement in Observance of 80th Anniversary of D-Day
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day. “Today, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, we honor our U.S. servicemembers and the Allied forces who valiantly and heroically fought on behalf of freedom and liberty around the world,” said Hoeven. “There is no way to repay the debt we owe to all those who served and the many who gave their lives during the invasion of Normandy, and we must never forget their sacrifice.” -###-… Continue Reading
06.05.24
Hoeven, Lankford Introduce Legislation to Protect Rural Nursing Homes from Biden Administration Overreach
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senator James Lankford in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn a final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that imposes burdensome, one-size-fits-all federal staffing mandates on long-term care facilities and will force many rural nursing homes to shut their doors. “The Biden administration continues its regulatory onslaught, this time placing burdensome and unworkable st… Continue Reading
06.04.24
Hoeven: We Need More than Rhetoric, President Biden Must Enforce the Law and Secure the Border
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today pushed back against the Biden administration’s continued refusal to enforce the law and secure the border. The senator called out an executive order being issued by the president today, stressing that it lacks the policies needed to actually secure the border, while containing broad exceptions that allow the illegal immigration crisis, as well as drug and human trafficking, to continue. Accordingly, Hoeven is pressing the administration to: Reinstate the… Continue Reading
05.30.24
Hoeven Travels to Egypt, Cyprus with Bipartisan National Security CODEL to Urge Support for Israel, Defeat of Hamas
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, this week joined a bipartisan national security congressional delegation in Egypt, including meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and President Nikos Christodoulides in Cyprus to build regional support for Israel and to underscore the importance of defeating Hamas. “With the national security challenges around the globe, this national security CODEL was about building and strengthening al… Continue Reading
05.29.24
Hoeven Announces Nearly $24 Million Army Corps Contract to Construct Fargo Flood Protection, Southern Embankment
FARGO, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a nearly $24 million contract to PWS, Inc. of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota for further construction of the southern embankment, a critical element of the Fargo-Moorhead region’s comprehensive flood protection project. The funding comes in addition to a similar contract Hoeven announced in March for construction of the southern embankment, and is made available under the $437 million Army Corps’ award … Continue Reading
05.28.24
Hoeven’s Project ULTRA Launches Effort to Use Unmanned Aircraft to Deliver Military Cargo
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) has tasked Project ULTRA, a new unmanned aerial systems (UAS) initiative the senator established and funded, with developing the capability to deliver military cargo using UAS. As a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, Hoeven passed legislation for Fiscal Years (FY) 2023 and 2024 to establish and fund the program, and has been working to stand-up the initiative to accelerate practical U… Continue Reading
05.27.24
Hoeven Statement in Observance of Memorial Day
BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following Memorial Day statement, honoring the servicemembers who gave their lives in defense of our nation. “Every year on Memorial Day we have the renewed opportunity to come together as a nation to remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may continue to live in freedom. These servicemembers include the more than 2,900 North Dakotans who gave their lives serving in the Armed Forces,” said Hoeven “We can never fu… Continue Reading
05.24.24
Hoeven Joins Rounds, Manchin in Condemning ICC Prosecutor’s Arrest Warrant for Prime Minister Netanyahu
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven this week joined Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) in introducing a bipartisan Senate resolution to reject the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. On May 20, 2024, it was announced that ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, as well as three leaders from Hamas. The application… Continue Reading
05.24.24
Hoeven Secures Commitment From Interior to Help Recruit, Train Additional BIA Law Enforcement Officials at Camp Grafton
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven this week secured a commitment from U.S. Department of the Interior officials to continue growing the U.S. Indian Law Enforcement Advanced Training Center (ATC) at Camp Grafton and help recruit and train more Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officers to combat crime in tribal communities. At hearings of the Senate Indian Affairs and Interior Appropriations Committees this week, Hoeven pressed BIA Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland on the need for add… Continue Reading
05.23.24
Hoeven Calls on Biden Administration to Deliver Military Assistance to Israel Without Hesitation
WASHINGTON - During remarks delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined the importance of delivering military assistance to Israel and ensuring the full defeat of Hamas. The senator pushed back on the Biden administration’s decision to withhold weapon systems and other assistance to Israel and highlighted two pieces of legislation he is cosponsoring to strengthen U.S. support for this critical ally: The Israel Security Assistance Support Act, legislation … Continue Reading
05.23.24
Hoeven Statement After Opposing Immigration Legislation
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after voting against immigration legislation that would not secure the border: “The Biden administration has created the crisis at the border by failing to uphold existing immigration laws or enforce policies like Remain in Mexico and Safe Third Country Agreements. This legislation does not include provisions to ensure the Biden administration will enforce the law and close … Continue Reading
