News Releases
Hoeven: USDA Providing Grants for Small Meat Processors to Become Federally-Inspected
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make $55.2 million in competitive grants available to allow small meat processors to make improvements to become federally-inspected. This will improve meat processing capacity, helping to prevent disruptions in the nation's food supply and giving ranchers more options for selling … Continue Reading
06.18.21
Hoeven: Fargo-Moorhead Regional Flood Protection a First-in-the-Nation Project
FARGO, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today marked two first-in-the-nation milestones in the effort to build permanent, comprehensive flood protection in the Red River Valley: The selection of the project's P3 partner. This is the first major Army Corps' project to utilize the P3 split-delivery model, which enables the project to be built more cost-effectively and on a significantly faster timeline. Compared to traditional construction delivery, the P3 model will save the project $330 million … Continue Reading
06.18.21
Hoeven Addresses North Dakota Boys State 78th Annual Session
WAHPETON, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today addressed the North Dakota Boys State Delegation at the 78th annual session in Wahpeton. The senator outlined the importance of being an engaged member of society and shared of his personal experience attending Boys State. Delegates are selected to attend the weeklong program to develop leadership skills through participating in legislative sessions, court proceedings, disaster response exercises and additional activities simulating the structure of a s… Continue Reading
06.17.21
Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Give Veterans the Recognition & Honor They Deserve
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) in introducing bipartisan legislation to open eligibility for burial in state veterans' cemeteries. The Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act would make eligible all members of the Reserve Component, so long as their service was terminated under honorable conditions, and certain family members for burial in state veterans' cemeteries. Currently, if a cemetery rece… Continue Reading
06.17.21
Hoeven Votes to Confirm Tommy Beaudreau as Deputy Secretary of Interior
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement after voting to confirm Tommy Beaudreau as U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior. "On federal lands, we continue to work to sustain multiple uses without heavy-handed regulations. Doing so supports investment in energy production and infrastructure development, among other priorities, and helps create good-paying jobs. I appreciate Deputy Secretary Beaudreau's wi… Continue Reading
06.17.21
Hoeven Working to Keep Critical Infrastructure Projects for Minot Air Force Base on Schedule
WASHINGTON - At a hearing of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven pressed Lt. Gen. Warren Barry, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering, and Force Protection (Air Force), to keep critical infrastructure projects for the Minot Air Force Base (MAFB) on schedule, including: Helicopter Facility - The existing facilities are aging and will not accommodate the MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters that will replace the Hueys … Continue Reading
06.16.21
Hoeven Announces Nearly $6 Million in Pandemic Assistance to North Dakota Department of Health
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $5,935,883 to the North Dakota Department of Health. This grant, made available under the Stafford Act, will reimburse costs associated with testing, staffing, and additional efforts related to the department's COVID-19 public health emergency response efforts. "The State of North Dakota has continued to respond to C… Continue Reading
06.16.21
Hoeven Announces $1.8 Million to CommunityWorks ND
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded $1.8 million to CommunityWorks North Dakota. This grant is provided under the Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Rapid Response Program and is made available through Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 appropriations legislation. The funds will be used to support economic opportunity and community development, primarily i… Continue Reading
06.16.21
Hoeven Urges Energy Secretary to Help Advance Key Priorities for CCUS Development
WASHINGTON - At a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven urged Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to help advance three key priorities needed for the development and implementation of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS): Front end investment in technology development, including bolstering the partnership between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the University of North Dakota's Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) i… Continue Reading
06.15.21
ND Delegation Urges USDA to Allow Haying and Grazing of Additional CRP Acres in North Dakota
WASHINGTON - Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong this week urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to assist North Dakota ranchers suffering from drought conditions and requested that USDA allow emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres in North Dakota before August 1. While CRP acres in 50 North Dakota counties are currently eligible to be grazed at limited capacity, they are not eligible to be hayed. The… Continue Reading
06.15.21
Hoeven Urges Secretary Vilsack to Send Acting RMA Administrator to Assess North Dakota Drought Conditions
WASHINGTON - At a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee today, Senator John Hoeven urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to send Acting Risk Management Agency (RMA) Administrator Richard Flournoy to North Dakota to assess drought conditions. The senator stressed the severe losses that producers will face if conditions do not improve and the need for RMA to have firsthand knowledge of the situation in order to properly cover losses. "Our farmers a… Continue Reading
06.15.21
Hoeven: USDA Implements RISE Program, Will Begin Accepting Applications June 16
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finished implementing the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program and will begin accepting applications on June 16. The program will support innovation clusters in rural areas, providing grants of up to $2 million to support high-wage job creation, new business formation, b… Continue Reading
06.14.21
Hoeven: Packet Digital Partners with Air Force Research Lab to Improve Space Craft Power Systems
FARGO, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven today announced a nearly $8 million contract between Packet Digital and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop advanced power systems to enhance future U.S. space missions, providing improved efficiency, reliability, power delivery and component lifespan. The contract utilizes $7 million in funding that Hoeven secured in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 as a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, as well as nearly $1 million in expected fundin… Continue Reading
06.14.21
Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Expand Ranchers' Ability to Sell to Local Consumers
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently helped reintroduce the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act. The bipartisan legislation, which is sponsored by U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), would expand ranchers' ability to provide more locally-produced meat to consumers. "While we continue working to address issues of fairness and tra… Continue Reading
06.11.21
Hoeven: Producers to Receive Full QLA Payments, Additional WHIP+ Payments in Coming Weeks
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that producers will receive their full Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) program payments, as well as additional Wildfire, Hurricane and Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) payments for 2019 indemnities. Currently, producers have received only 50% of their 2019 payment. With the additional WHIP+ payments, producers will receive 90% of 2019 i… Continue Reading
06.11.21
Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Make Summer Meal Programs More Flexible for Students
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, this week joined Senators John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in introducing the Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act. This bipartisan legislation aims to make existing child nutrition programs more efficient, flexible and better equipped to reach low-income students during the summer mont… Continue Reading
06.10.21
Hoeven Highlights Need for More Resilient, Secure Satellite & UAS Communications With Space Force Chief
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - At a hearing of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven highlighted the need for more resilient satellite communication systems, including between satellites and unmanned aerial systems (UAS),with General John Raymond, Chief of the U.S. Space Force, who affirmed his commitment to the priority and agreed with the senator on the need to stay ahead of the nation's adversaries in developing satellite technologies. Specifically, Hoeven outlined t… Continue Reading
06.10.21
Hoeven to Air Force Secretary: Keep Nuclear Modernization on Schedule
WASHINGTON - At a hearing of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven secured a commitment from Acting U.S. Air Force Secretary John P. Roth and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Brown to keep nuclear modernization efforts on schedule. That includes new helicopters for nuclear bases, as well as B-52 modernizations and upgrades to the nuclear missiles. The senator outlined the important role of Minot Air Force Base as the nation's only dual nuclear m… Continue Reading
06.09.21
Hoeven Helps Introduce Defending Keystone Jobs Act
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) in introducing the Defending Keystone Jobs Act. This legislation would require the Department of Labor to submit a report to Congress on the number of jobs lost as a direct or indirect result of the Biden administration's move to cancel construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. "The Biden administration's actions to waive sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline while halting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, … Continue Reading
06.09.21
Hoeven Statement on EPA, Army Corps Efforts to Repeal Navigable Waters Protection Rule, Advance New WOTUS Definition
WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced efforts to repeal the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) and advance a new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) definition. "We worked hard to provide regulatory certainty and alleviate the burdens placed on our farmers, energy producers and other businesses under the 2015 WOTUS rule," said Hoeven. "The Obama-era WOTUS rule was a signifi… Continue Reading
