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Hoeven Updates City, County Leaders on New Highway Bill, Keystone Pipeline, Regional Haze, USGS Bakken Study
BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today briefed city and county leaders on the progress of legislation and other issues important to North Dakota, including a new highway bill passed this week by the U.S. Senate, the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent regional haze ruling and a study underway by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to reassess petroleum reserves in western North Dakota. Highway Transportation Bill Provides Record Funding for North D… Continue Reading
03.14.12
ND Senators: Highway Bill Moves Nation Forward in Right Direction
Washington - Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven today welcomed Senate passage of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing America's federal highway and surface transportation programs. The legislation known as MAP-21 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century - holds federal spending at current levels and will provide more than $527 million over the next two years to support North Dakota highways, roads and bridges. "This bill makes the infrastructure investment our nation so desperately ne… Continue Reading
03.09.12
Hoeven, Corps Planning Overview of Missouri River System
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven this week met with Brig. Gen. John McMahon, Commander of the NW Division of the Corps of Engineers, and other Corps officials to review flood preparations in North Dakota communities and to begin planning an overview of Missouri River management practices. Hoeven and Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), along with Corps officials, are planning onsite evaluations of flood repairs and management practices in upstream and downstream communities this spring. "A review of the… Continue Reading
03.09.12
Hoeven Honors Fargo-Based Packet Digital For Earning Prestigious Award
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven this week congratulated Fargo-based Packet Digital, LLC for being named the Electronics and Overall Innovation Challenge Winner at Aviation Week's 2012 Innovation Challenge. Hoeven met with Packet Digital Chief Executive Officer Dr. Joel Jorgenson and Chief Operating Officer Terri Zimmerman in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. "Packet Digital is an outstanding example of the kind of innovation and hard work that drives our economy and will lead to the f… Continue Reading
03.08.12
Hoeven Statement on Democrat Keystone Amendment to the Highway Bill
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement today in response to the Democrats' Keystone XL pipeline amendment, which has been offered as an amendment to the Highway bill and will likely be voted on in the coming days: "The Democrats' amendment actually adds further impediments to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project. Not only does it require TransCanada to start over in the application process after more than three and half years-just as the President's den… Continue Reading
03.08.12
Hoeven Statement on Bipartisan Support By Majority of Senators for Keystone XL Amendment
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today issued the following statement after the Senate voted on an amendment he introduced, along with Senators Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and David Vitter (R-La.), to approve the Keystone XL pipeline and move forward construction on the project: "Our Keystone legislation received strong bipartisan support in the Senate. Although it didn't receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, 56 senators voted in favor of the bill, including 11 Democrats. With two ad… Continue Reading
03.06.12
Hoeven Meets with Top Corps Officials on North Dakota Flood Management Priorities
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today met with top officials from the Army Corps of Engineers to press for flood protections in the Bismarck-Mandan area, continued action on current flood plans in the Red River Valley and Devils Lake, and to expedite comprehensive flood plans in the Souris River Basin. "We had productive meetings today with Corps officials to ensure they are moving forward on all of our state's flood protection priorities," said Hoeven. "We especially made it clear that the … Continue Reading
03.05.12
Hoeven: Energy Innovations, Partnerships Key to Buildng North American Energy Security
FARGO, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today brought together leading experts from academia, the national laboratories, and the public and private sectors to advance energy innovation and development. Hoeven said building partnerships between leading energy experts will spur technological innovations to increase energy production and realize North American energy security in the coming years. "Together with Canada, we can achieve North American energy security within five to seven years, if we take… Continue Reading
03.05.12
Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Free and Fair Elections in Iran
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) released the following statements today after the Senate passed their resolution, S. Res. 386, which calls on the government of Iran to respect universal human rights and hold free, fair and open elections that meet international standards. The resolution comes following a history of corrupt elections and repression in the Iranian electoral system, including in the nation'… Continue Reading
03.02.12
EPA Approves Majority of North Dakota Clean Air Plan
WASHINGTON - Senators John Hoeven and Kent Conrad, Congressman Rick Berg, and Governor Jack Dalrymple announced today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to most of the state's clean air plan for regional haze. EPA officials met today with Conrad and Hoeven, with Berg and Dalrymple joining via phone, and agreed to adopt most of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for regional haze rather than a more costly federal plan. Through this agreement, the EPA will provide North Dak… Continue Reading
03.01.12
Delegation, Task Force 21 Go to Bat for Minot AFB
Washington - In a meeting at the Pentagon today, North Dakota's Congressional Delegation and members of Minot's Task Force 21 urged Air Force leaders to remain committed to America's nuclear mission, including the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) force based at Minot Air Force Base. "We are closely watching the implementation of New START and remain committed to working with the Air Force to ensure that America's force structure remains at 450 silos and that all of Minot's bombers sta… Continue Reading
03.01.12
Hoeven Works with Guard, Air Force Leaders to Ensure ND Defense Priorities
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today met with North Dakota National Guard leaders, Adj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann and Civil Engineer Steve Tabor, to continue working to retain a manned flying mission for the state's Air Guard. Hoeven also met with Col. Timothy Bush in support of missions at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. "Our National Guard members and Airmen do a tremendous job defending our state and nation," said Hoeven. "In meetings today with leaders of the Nort… Continue Reading
03.01.12
Hoeven: Haag, American NGO Workers on their Way Back to U.S.
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today welcomed the Egyptian government's decision to lift the travel ban on seven American non-governmental organization (NGO) workers who were detained in that country, including Fargo, North Dakota native Staci Haag. Hoeven met with Haag and the other American detainees last week in Cairo. The senator also met with Egyptian military and government leaders to encourage them to lift the travel ban, which had been imposed on the American NGO workers since late Jan… Continue Reading
03.01.12
Hoeven Announces Agenda for Energy Symposium
FARGO, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today announced the agenda for the North Dakota Energy Technology Symposium at North Dakota State University on March 5, 2012. Hoeven and NDSU are hosting the conference, which is sponsored by the University, the Howard Baker Forum and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. "North Dakota is a leader in the nation's energy industry, and we continue to develop new technologies that produce more energy for our nation, with greater efficiency and better environ… Continue Reading
02.29.12
Hoeven, Blumenthal, Lieberman, Graham, More Than 50 U.S. Senators Introduce Resolution Calling for Free and Fair Elections in Iran
WASHINGTON - In support of the Iranian people, Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and more than 50 senators today introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the government of Iran to respect universal human rights and hold free, fair and open elections later this week that meet international standards. Hoeven, Blumenthal and Graham recently returned from a senate mission to the Middle East, which they say highlighted t… Continue Reading
02.28.12
Hoeven Asks Secretary of State Clinton for Help with Egyptian Detainees
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today emphasized to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the need to do everything possible to get the travel ban lifted on the American non-governmental organization (NGO) workers still in Egypt. He did so at a hearing of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, at which Clinton was testifying. Secretary Clinton told Hoeven that the U.S State Department is doing all it can to seek a resolution for the American NGO worke… Continue Reading
02.28.12
Hoeven Addresses American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, Meets with NDDOT Director Francis Zeigler
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today addressed the annual conference of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to stress the importance of reauthorizing the national highway bill, which is now being debated in Congress. Hoeven said he favors a six-year bill, which is being discussed in the U.S. House of Representatives, but that the two-year bill moving through the U.S. Senate is the more likely bill to pass and contains strong funding for North Dako… Continue Reading
02.28.12
Congress Needs To Approve The Keystone XL Pipeline Project
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today said he's pleased that TransCanada is working to keep the Keystone XL pipeline project alive by beginning construction on a leg that will connect Cushing, Okla. to the Gulf Coast, but that Congress needs to approve the full project because after more than three years of study, the Obama Administration has denied it. The Keystone XL pipeline is a shovel-ready, $7 billion, privately-funded infrastructure project that will carry Canadian oil from the provinc… Continue Reading
02.27.12
Delegation Announces More Than $2.2 Million in Federal Funding for Mandan Flood Clean Up
Washington - Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven and Congressman Rick Berg today announced that the State of North Dakota has been awarded $2,289,270 in federal funding to help the city of Mandan remove and dispose of temporary clay levees that helped protect the city during last year's flooding. "Too often the arduous work and prohibitive cost of cleaning up after a flood is overshadowed by the flood itself. But as Mandan's city leadership will tell you, the work is far from over once flood … Continue Reading
02.24.12
Hoeven: New Libya Faces Substantial Challenges
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today said Libya faces significant political and humanitarian challenges in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era, but the nation has made progress toward recovering its oil economy to help meet those challenges. Challenges include planning for upcoming national elections, integrating the various regional militias into a unified national army, providing humanitarian aid to assist the thousands of wounded and ensuring human rights for all Libyans after the war for freedom.… Continue Reading
