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Hoeven, Tester Urge USDA to Expedite Ag Disaster Assistance for Farmers and Ranchers

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Jon Tester this week spoke with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie to press USDA to...

Hoeven Statement on Retirement of ND Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced his intention to retire after 2022.  “After more than four decades of...

Hoeven Introduces Legislation to Reinstate & Preserve Mission of the National Coal Council

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, this week introduced the Coal Council Certainty Act to reinstate the National Coal Council (NCC), a...

Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation to Protect Against Head Start Mandates, Ensure Program Access for Families

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today joined Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) in introducing the Preventing Mandates on Toddlers Act. This legislation would prevent the implementation of a U.S. Department of...

Hoeven Joins Effort to Protect Faith-Based Child Welfare Providers

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today joined Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in sending a bicameral letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra condemning the recent reversal of...

Hoeven & Klobuchar Meet with OMB Director, Fargo-Moorhead Leaders to Press for Flood Protection Funding

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) this week urged Shalanda Young, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to help ensure that comprehensive flood...

Hoeven Statement on Announced Retirement of ND Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner announced his retirement from the state legislature. “Senator Wardner has been a...

Hoeven: Senate VA Committee Votes to Advance Burial Equity for Guard and Reserves Act

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the Senate Veterans Affairs (VA) Committee approved bipartisan, bicameral legislation he introduced with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Kevin Cramer...

Hoeven: Senate Approves FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act with Hoeven Amendments

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization...

Hoeven: Democrats’ Big Tax & IRS Budget Increases Don’t Come Close to Paying for Their Massive Spending Increases

WASHINGTON – At a press conference with his Senate Republican colleagues this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined provisions in the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend legislation to raise taxes, more than double...

Hoeven Statement After Voting Against Democrats’ $2.5 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement after Democrats raised the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion.         ...

Hoeven: Navy Awards $2.5 Million for Research to Improve Solar Cells & Military Asset Mobility at NDSU

FARGO, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded $2.5 million to Dr. Philip Boudjouk at North Dakota State University (NDSU) to...