Press Releases

Hoeven: Air Force Approves Space Networking Center, Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Mission at Grand Forks Air Force Base

GRAND FORKS, ND. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Air Force has formally approved Grand Forks Air Force Base to house a Space Networking Center, which will...

Hoeven Urges DoD Secretary to Honor Servicemembers Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice in Tokyo Military Prison Fire

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in urging U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to allow the Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to...

Hoeven: North Dakota Developing Unprecedented Autonomous Capabilities with a Global Reach

HORACE, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today kicked off the Autonomous Nation Conference being held at Grand Farm and outlined how North Dakota is developing unprecedented autonomous capabilities with a global...

ND Delegation Statement on Merger Agreement Between Canadian Pacific, Kansas City Southern Railways

WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congressman Kelly Armstrong issued the following statement after Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) announced a merger agreement....

Hoeven Helps Introduce Legislation Awarding Congressional Gold Medals to 13 American Heroes Killed in Afghanistan

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today joined Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in introducing bipartisan legislation in the Senate to award Congressional Gold Medals to the...

Hoeven: DHS Awards More Than $1 Million for Counter-UAS Research & Demonstration Project At UND

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded more than $1 million to the University of North Dakota (UND)...

Hoeven Statement on 20th Anniversary of September 11 Terrorist Attacks

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in advance of the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks committed against the United States. “As...

Hoeven, FSA Administrator Outline New ELAP Coverage for Producers’ Feed Transportation Costs During Drought

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today hosted Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator...

Hoeven Statement on Biden COVID-19 Executive Action

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after President Biden announced COVID-19 executive actions, including mandating vaccines or weekly testing for businesses with more than 100 employees: ...

Hoeven Announces $25 Million Federal Loan for Red Trail Energy to Advance CCUS

BISMARCK, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced that the United States Department...

Hoeven: Great Plains Synfuels Plant Will Be Largest Coal-Based CCUS Project to Use Geologic Storage

BEULAH, N.D. – Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today joined company leaders from Basin Electric Power Cooperative and the Dakota Gasification Company...

Hoeven Working to Ensure FWS Wetlands Appeals Process is Fair, Provides Due Process to Landowners

BURLINGTON, N.D. – At a meeting with North Dakota stakeholders today, Senator John Hoeven joined Senator Kevin Cramer in urging Interior Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz to ensure the U.S. Fish...